Summary

Bronze ringed pin found in a cist burial at Machrins, Colonsay, 850 - 950

Accession Number

X.HR 1560

Other references

Original description

Copper alloy: Copper alloy pin with a loose ring-head, shaft sub-rectangular in section, with a rolled-over top to secure the ring head. [Grid ref] 3579 9330. Ritchie, J N G 1981, SF 32, fig 5. Updated from SCRAN full data set.

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)

Cnoc nan Gall, Machrins, Colonsay, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

Not recorded

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

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