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Viking Age Compendium articles on Rings & Pins:

Jewellery

Arm and Neck Rings

Finger Rings

Penannulars

Pins

Ringed Pins

Viking Age Compendium articles on Rings & Pins:

Jewellery

Arm and Neck Rings

Finger Rings

Penannulars

Pins

Ringed Pins

This article is primarily based on the work of:

Fanning, Thomas (1994) Viking Age Ringed Pins from Dublin. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962-81: Ser.B Vol.04

This article is primarily based on the work of:

Fanning, Thomas (1994) Viking Age Ringed Pins from Dublin. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962-81: Ser.B Vol.04

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}

1: Spiralled

Archaeology

• Scotland
  • Whithorn, 2? of Copper-alloy ^{[Nicholson & Hill 1997]:p.369 no.1,2}
• Ireland
  • Dublin,

Discussion

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  Dublin

2: Plain

Archaeology

• England
  • York, 4 from iron, tinned ^{[Ottaway 1992]:p.695}
  • North Elmham, 1 of iron ^{[Goodall 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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  Faroe Is.

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  Norwich

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  Norwich

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  Cumwhitton

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  Westness

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  Ireland

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  Ireland

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  Dublin

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  Dublin

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  Dublin (Bone)

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  Dublin (Silver)

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  Hedeby

3: Kidney

Archaeology

• -

Discussion

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  Iceland

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  Dublin

4: Stirrup

Archaeology

• Scotland
  • Whithorn, 4 of Copper-alloy ^{[Nicholson & Hill 1997]:p.369 nos.6-9}

Discussion

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  Jarshof

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  Dublin

5: Knob

Archaeology

• -

Discussion

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  Ireland

7: Miscellaneous

Archaeology

• -

Discussion

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References