Fladda-chuain
Ring (Gold)(Viking)
Site Name Fladda-chuain
Classification Ring (Gold)(Viking)
Alternative Name(s) Skye
Canmore ID 11215
Site Number NG38SE 2
NGR NG 36 81
NGR Description NG c. 36 81
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmuir
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG38SE 2 c. 36 81.
In the NMAS (Cat. No. FE 31-1851) is a Viking gold finger-ring of entwined gold rods from Fladda-Chuain, exhibited with a hoard of similar rings from the Isle of Bute.
S Grieg 1940.
External Reference (2011)
Fine example of plaited gold finger-ring dating to late Viking Age, probably 11th century, found in a peat-moss c. 1851. It is composed of 8 plaited gold rods, linked by a lozenge-shaped plate.(Graham-Campbell 1995). This is one of three late Viking Age/Norse gold rings from Skye.
Information from the ARCH Community Timeline course, 2011
