Summary

Rosette pin of tinned bronze from the sand dunes at Ardnave, Islay

Accession Number

X.HRB 55

Other references

Original description

Material recovered from the sand dunes at Ardnave, Islay from the vicinity of the excavations carried out in 1979 - 1980. Metalwork. Rosette pin of tinned bronze; 63 mm long, maximum diameter of head 15 mm; shank 49 mm long and averaging 2.5 mm in diameter. Each of the six pellets is clearly defined; finished with a file on the reverse before tinning. Only small areas of corrosion, otherwise in excellent preservation. Hearth 1. Ritchie, J N G, and Welfare, H G; PSAS, 113 (1983), pp 302 - 366, pl 23a, fig 18.

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)

Ardnave, Islay, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1977

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None