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 and WILSON 1966:p.43]

Plain ring pins

Archaeology

• York, 4 from iron, tinned [OTTAWAY 1992:p.695]
• North Elmham, 1 of iron

Kidney ring pins

???
[FANNING 1994]

References

<nocite> BERSU1966 FANNING1994 OTTAWAY1992 </nocite> <biblio force=false>#Template:Bib</biblio>