Find Spot record MAB47640 - LINKS, DRUMSIDE
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Summary
A pair of massive cast bronze armlets, found some time before 1853 on the Links of Drumside.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 9800 1860 (40m by 40m) Location only - Point |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ91NE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Belhelvie |
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A pair of massive cast bronze armlets, found some time before 1853 on the Links of Drumside. They were found three yards apart and at a depth of 6ft. One is an armlet of 'oval' type measuring 10.7cm by 8.4cm internally, 11.4cm wide across terminals, and weighing 1.75 lb. There are large apertures (for the insertion of enamel plates) in the terminals, body divided longitudinally into three ribs by feathered incision enclosed in channels, this detail being echoed on the terminals. The decoration is based on lyre palmette, broken back symbol, diagonal wave and sinuous saltire patterns executed in keeled ribbons, delicate trumpet stems and trumpet domes. This object is a single casting with chisel marks visible on the underside and several casting flaws. Now in NMAS. The second armlet also of cast bronze and of similar form is now lost. The exact findspot of the armlets is not been recorded. Drumside Links is now known as Blairton Links and comprises an area of high sand-dunes backed by undulating links about 1km in length from north-northeast to south-southwest by up to 640m in width.
Author unknown, 1854, PSAS 1(1851-4) 137, 138 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1442.
BRONZE ARMLETS
SMITH, JA, 1881, PSAS 15(1880-1) 316-354, 316-54 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1818.
BRONZE ARMLETS
ANDERSON, J, 1883, SCOTLAND IN PAGAN TIMES, 147-8, FIG 121-2 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4.
BRONZE ARMLETS
CALLANDER, JG, 1935, PREH ARCH IN NE SCOT, 71 (Bibliographic reference). SAB213.
BRONZE ARMLETS
MACGREGOR, M, 1976, EARLY CELTIC ART IN NORTH BRITAIN, no 236 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5066.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NJ91NE6;
- NRHE Numlink: 20293;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ91NE0005;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/20293 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SAB1442 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. 1854. PSAS 1(1851-4) 137. 138.
- --- SAB1818 Bibliographic reference: SMITH, JA. 1881. PSAS 15(1880-1) 316-354. 316-54.
- --- SAB213 Bibliographic reference: CALLANDER, JG. 1935. PREH ARCH IN NE SCOT. 71.
- --- SAB4 Bibliographic reference: ANDERSON, J. 1883. SCOTLAND IN PAGAN TIMES. 147-8, FIG 121-2.
- --- SAB5066 Bibliographic reference: MACGREGOR, M. 1976. EARLY CELTIC ART IN NORTH BRITAIN. no 236.
Finds (3)
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Record last edited
May 18 2021 10:46AM
