Summary

Bronze penannular brooch from between Abergeldie and Birkhall, Aberdeenshire

Accession Number

X.FC 297

Other references

Original description

LATE IRON AGE ORNAMENTS. Penannular bronze brooch, 3.95 x 3.5",with expanded squared terminals, an empty socket where each joins the hoop; the terminals in the form of a sunk panel, a rectangular sunk panel on the hoop, all decorated by incised herringbone. Between Abergeldie and Birkhall, Aberdeenshire.

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

Rae of Aberdeen Collection
Rae, John Brown, 1848 - 1891
William Moir Bryce Collection

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Abergeldie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Birkhall, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1920-04-10

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Moir Bryce Sale

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Vendor

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