Clunie Castle
Penannular Brooch(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Clunie Castle
Classification Penannular Brooch(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Perth; Cluny Castle
Canmore ID 28995
Site Number NO14SW 69
NGR NO 110 440
NGR Description NO c. 110 440
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Clunie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO14SW 69 c. 110 440.
Two silver, Pictish pennanular brooches, now in Royal Museum of Scotland (RMS, FC 176 and FC 177 respectively) published before 1985 as from 'Perthshire' or 'near Perth', are originally 'said to have been found near Cluny Castle' (NO14SW 4) between Blairgowrie and Dunkeld (in the Minutes of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 9 December 1872).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1875; 1906; J Anderson 1880; D M Wilson 1973; R B K Stevenson 1985
Publication Account (1989)
National Museum of Scotland (NMS) FC 177. Penannular brooch, of silver with gold filigree and glass. Hoop of diameter 8.2cm, pin length 13.9cm, weight 111.3gm. Silver-gilt penannular brooch with expanded rounded terminals, the front decorated with animals, serpents, scrolls, beading and interlace.
NMS FC 176. Cast silver penannular brooch with zoomorphic and interlace decoration (including serpents) produced by casting. Hoop diameter 11.6cm, pin length 21.6cm, weight 186.9gm.
Both these brooches have been identified as Pictish work of the 8th or 9th centuries AD. The circumstances of their discovery remain unclear.
S Youngs 1989.
