The Iron Age
Domestic
Two rings
- Period:
- Iron Age
- Description:
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The image for this object shows two Iron Age finger rings, both made from polished stone. The smaller, found near Durisdeer is composed of mottled jasper, while the larger jet black ring, found near Lochar Moss, is made from a combination of stone and lignite. Both objects were formally in the collection of Dr Grierson.
- Place of Discovery:
- Durisdeer/Lochar Moss
- Materials/Media:
- (left) mineral, jasper; (right) lignite
- Dimensions:
- diameter 25mm, 36mm
- Source:
- Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura
- Accession number:
- DUMFM:1965.65, DUMFM:1965.64
- Digital Number:
- DMAC078n
- Copyright:
- Dumfries & Galloway Council
- References:
- BLACK, G F and BISSET, J, Catalogue of Dr Grierson's Museum, Thornhill, 1894 PREHISTORIC ANTIQUITIES Stone Implements, &c
