Culbin Sands
Pin(S) (Bronze)(Viking)
Site Name Culbin Sands
Classification Pin(S) (Bronze)(Viking)
Canmore ID 15900
Site Number NJ06SW 12
NGR NJ 0 6
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15900
- Council Moray
- Parish Dyke And Moy
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ06SW 12 unlocated.
Several bronze pins, of various types, from the Culbin Sands, are in the Royal Museum of Scotland (RMS, formerly the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS]).
G F Black 1891; S Grieg 1940; D V Clarke 1971; T Fanning 1983
Catalogue of stick pins:
10-12 Three virtually-identical pins, with plain nail-heads without insets and plain shanks.
19 Plain dome-headed pin of type common in Early Christian contexts in Ireland.
20 Plain dome-headed pin with abacus below head.
22 Disc-headed pin with plain head and shank.
23 As 22, but with more ovoid head.
37 Damaged crescent-headed pin.
40 Double bead-headed pin.
46 Roman-derived pin of uncertain type, with probable flat disc head.
52 Double spiral-headed pin, of probable 7th or 8th century date.
53 Double spiral-headed pin of 'crook' type.
54 Pin with single, double-crook head.
55 Similar to 53.
58 Plain cushion-headed pin, probably of the Viking period.
59 Diamond-headed pin, probably of Viking period. Much-corroded example with solid, faceted head bearing Viking-type link pattern on one face.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
