Migdale Hoard Explained

57.904°N -4.327°WThe Migdale Hoard is a group of early Bronze Age jewellery discovered by workmen blasting a granite knoll behind Bonar Bridge, Scotland, near what is known as "Tulloch Hill" in May 1900.^{[1] [2]} It is named after the nearby Loch Migdale.

Dating from about 2000-1150 BC, the artifacts are in the custody of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. They include a bronze axe head,^{[3] [4]} sets of bronze bangles^{[5] [6] [7]} and anklets,^[8] and a series of beautifully carved jet and cannel coal buttons^[9] that may well have adorned a Bronze Age jacket, bronze hair ornaments and fragments of an elaborate bronze headdress.^[10]

See also

• List of hoards in Britain

References

1. Anderson, Joseph (1901) "Notice of a hoard of bronze implements, and ornaments, and buttons of jet found at Migdale, on the estate of Skibo, Sutherland, exhibited to the society by Mr. Andrew Carnegie of Skibo". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
2. http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146411367 Description of the hoard on www.megalithic.uk.org
3. http://nms.scran.ac.uk/000-100-104-848-C National Museum of Scotland Online ID 000-100-104-848-C
4. http://nms.scran.ac.uk/000-100-034-727-C National Museum of Scotland Online ID 000-100-034-727-C
5. http://nms.scran.ac.uk/000-100-034-730-C National Museum of Scotland Online ID 000-100-034-730-C
6. http://nms.scran.ac.uk/000-100-034-732-C National Museum of Scotland Online ID 000-100-034-732-C
7. http://nms.scran.ac.uk/000-100-034-734-C National Museum of Scotland Online ID 000-100-034-734-C
8. http://nms.scran.ac.uk/000-100-034-728-C National Museum of Scotland Online ID 000-100-034-728-C
9. http://nms.scran.ac.uk/000-100-034-752-C National Museum of Scotland Online ID 000-100-034-752-C
10. http://nms.scran.ac.uk/000-100-034-744-C National Museum of Scotland Online ID 000-100-034-744-C