MHG49767 - Anglo-Saxon Mount - Dornoch
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Early Medieval - 561 AD? to 1057 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
7th-century Anglo-Saxon mount. Approximately one-third of a substantial Anglo-Saxon Style II copper-alloy gilded mount, depicting running interlocked beasts as at Sutton Hoo, Caenby and Durrow; recovered by metal detecting. An identical example from Allington Hill, Cambridge is in the collections of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Dimensions 56.4 x 37.5mm; diam of rim boss 8.4mm; diam of central boss 5mm. Claimed as Treasure Trove (TT.39/05) and allocated to Inverness Museum. <1>
See attached TT artefact report. <2>
Listed under Acc. No. 2006.004.001 in the IMAG catalogue. <3>
The disc mount is discussed in A. Blackwell's PhD thesis. <4>
Four figure grid reference given is marginal. A more detailed GR for the mount is held by Treasure Trove. GW 17/07/20
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SHG28208 Dataset/Database File: Treasure Trove. 2019. Highland Finds from Treasure Trove Annual Reports 2004-18. Treasure Trove. Digital. TT 39/05.
- --- SHG28371 Collection: Inverness Museum. 2019. Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Archive Files. 2006.004.001.
- <1> SHG28436 Text/Publication/Article: Youngs, S. 2005. 'Dornoch, Highland (Dornoch parish), 7th-century Anglo-Saxon mount', Discovery Excav Scot, vol. 6. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 80. Online. pp. 80.
- <2> SHG28370 Text/Record Form: Treasure Trove. 2019. Treasure Trove Artefact Reports for Highland Area 1994-2018. Treasure Trove. Digital. TT 39/05.
- <3> SHG25836 Collection/Catalogue: Inverness Museum & Art Gallery. Inverness Museum & Art Gallery Accession registers. 2006.004.001.
- <4> SHG28527 Text/Publication: Blackwell, A.. 2018. A reassessment of the Anglo-Saxon artefacts from Scotland: material interactions and identities in early medieval northern Britain. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow. University of Glasgow. Digital. A018.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | NH 78 90 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH79SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DORNOCH |
Finds (1)
- MOUNT (Early Medieval - 561 AD to 1057 AD)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/282711 (Link to online HES Canmore record)
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