Find Spot record MHG49767 - Anglo-Saxon mount - Dornoch

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Grid reference NH 78 90 (point)
Map sheet NH79SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DORNOCH

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NMRS Report: (14/09/2006 15:24:20)
NH79SE 63 NH 79 90

7th-century Anglo-Saxon mount NH 79 90 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.
S Youngs and J Shiels 2005

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  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 282711.

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Feb 14 2017 11:14AM

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