Summary

Plaster cast of part of a silver penannular brooch, from Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness, Inverness-shire

Accession Number

X.FC 263

Other references

Original description

LATE IRON AGE ORNAMENTS. Plaster cast of part of a silver penannular brooch, ring .2" wide; terminal diam. .8", consists of a setting for enamel or a stone, surrounded by a sunk ring with a circle of raised dots; on edge are three broken projecting semicircles.

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)

Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1956

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Lender

Image

None