NMS Archaeology Object 159276: X.HPO 267 - Disc


Description

Summary


Gilt enamelled interlace disc from Dunadd, possibly a Germanic import, 575 - 850 AD


Accession Number


X.HPO 267


Other references

Register Number
Original Loan Number range
X.1945.467
Q.L.P.1 - Q.L.P.275

Original description

POLTALLOCH COLLECTION. Presented to the nation by Colonel George I. Malcolm of Poltalloch, Kilmartin, Lochgilphead, Argyll. Bronze Disc 1 3/16" diameter.

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

Poltalloch Collection

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Dunadd, Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1945-06-06

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Colonel George I. Malcolm of Poltalloch

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

Image of Gilt enamelled interlace disc from Dunadd, possibly a Germanic import, 575 - 850 AD © National Museums Scotland
Image of Gilt enamelled interlace disc from Dunadd, possibly a Germanic import, 575 - 850 AD © National Museums Scotland

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