NMS Archaeology Object 146732: X.GS 223 - Pin


Description

Summary


Irish ring-headed bronze pin from Loch Bornish, Inverness-shire


Accession Number


X.GS 223


Other references

Not recorded1965 p. 590

Original description

SOUTH UIST. Bronze pin with loose ring head, shank (broken in half) 5.7" long; the head cuboid with bevelled corners decorated with deeply bored dots; ring, diam. 0.62". Loch Bornish.

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)

Loch Bornish, South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1965

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

Image of Irish ring-headed bronze pin from Loch Bornish, Inverness-shire © National Museums Scotland
Image of Irish ring-headed bronze pin from Loch Bornish, Inverness-shire © National Museums Scotland

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