Summary

Buckle of bronze, with strap and mounting, from Ardskinish, Colonsay, 875 - 925 AD

Accession Number

X.FC 191

Other references

Original description

PERSONAL ORNAMENTS, &C. Buckle with strap and mounting, from Ardskinish, Colonsay. Anonymous note: Duplicate card has 'bronze' after 'buckle'. [MoS description] Early People. From their things to their lives. (11) Bronze buckle, Ardskinish. 875 - 925 AD. [Scran caption] This bronze buckle was found with a ringed pin at Ardskinish on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides. They may be from a settlement find or perhaps the remains of a Viking grave. The buckle dates from around 875 to 925. The well-preserved buckle narrows in the centre, where it is decorated by lines across the narrowest part. Two rivets survive for fastening the buckle to the strap. The buckle is insular in origin, made somewhere in the British Isles. Date: Between 875 and 925. Material: Bronze. Dimensions: Length: 60 mm.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Ardskinish, Colonsay, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1907

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Right Honourable Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G.C.M.G., per W. Garson

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

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