Edinburgh, Mortonhall
Scabbard (Bronze)
Site Name Edinburgh, Mortonhall
Classification Scabbard (Bronze)
Alternative Name(s) Mortonhall Estate; Pentlands
Canmore ID 51685
Site Number NT26NE 17
NGR NT 262 683
NGR Description NT c. 262 683
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51685
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT26NE 17 c. 262 683.
A bronze scabbard, measuring 23.14" x 1.25", from Mortonhall (NT 262 683) is in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS Accession no: FA 35). Datable to the late 1st c AD, it is made of bronze alloys of two different colours, and belongs to a style of Celtic act current among the Brigantes of NE England at that time.
NMAS 1892; S Piggott 1950; S Piggott 1970; J N G Ritchie and A Ritchie 1972.
