Ringed Pins
From The Viking Age Compendium
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Viking Age Compendium articles on Rings & Pins:
Viking Age Compendium articles on Rings & Pins:
Ringed pins
Found in Ireland, Scotland, North and East England (Danelaw), Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and 1 from L’Anse aux Meadows in North America. There are no finds from the south of England. [FANNING 1994:p.20-22]
Found in both male and female graves [FANNING 1994:p.53]
Adopted by the Norse in the C9th [FANNING 1994:p.53] Norway second half of the C9th.
Found in male graves. Presumably used as cloak fasteners and then used as shroud pins in the grave. [BERSU & WILSON 1966:p.43]
2: Plain
Archaeology
- England
- York, 4 from iron, tinned [Ottaway 1992]:p.695
- North Elmham, 1 of iron [Goodhall 1980]:516 fig.267, 118
- Scotland
- Whithorn, 1 of Copper-alloy [Nicholson & Hill 1997]:p.369 no.3
- Ireland
- Denmark
- Hedeby
Discussion
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3: Kidney
Archaeology
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Discussion
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4: Stirrup
Archaeology
- Scotland
- Whithorn, 4 of Copper-alloy [Nicholson & Hill 1997]:p.369 nos.6-9
Discussion
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5: Knob
Archaeology
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Discussion
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7: Miscellaneous
Archaeology
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Discussion
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References
Bersu, Gerhard and Wilson, David M. (1966) Three Viking Graves in the Isle of Man. The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Servies: No 1 [Bersu & Wilson 1966] *
Fanning, Thomas (1994) Viking Age Ringed Pins from Dublin. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962-81: Ser.B Vol.04 [Fanning 1994] *
Nicholson, Andrew & Hill, Peter (1997) ‘The Non-Ferrous Metals'. In Hill, Peter (ed.) (1997) Whithorn & St. Ninian The Excavation of a Monastic Town 1984-91. [Nicholson & Hill 1997] ^ 1 2 *
Ottaway, Patrick (1992) Anglo-Scandinavian Ironwork from Coppergate. York Archaeological Trust: 17/06 [Ottaway 1992] ^ *