Summary

Portion of double disc of thin bronze plaited with silver, from a Viking burial at Ballinaby, Islay

Accession Number

X.IL 144

Other references

Original description

VIKING PERIOD. [One of three] Portions of double discs of thin bronze plaited with silver, and connected in pairs by band 1" wide, No. II, Ballinaby, Islay.

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)

Ballinaby, Islay, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1878

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

William Campbell

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

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