Oxna
Armlet (Gold)(Viking)
Site Name Oxna
Classification Armlet (Gold)(Viking)
Canmore ID 617
Site Number HU33NE 9
NGR HU 35 37
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Tingwall
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU33NE 9 35 37.
A Viking armlet, 2 1/2" in internal diameter, of slender gold rods intertwined to give a chain-like appearance,was found on the island of Oxna, some years before 1913, by James Fullerton, Hamnavoe, Burra, who was then a boy.
The armlet lay on the surface of a bare patch which had been stripped of 18" to 20" of soil. It was impossible to say whether it has been deliberately buried.
G Goudie 1913; H Schetelig 1940
It was purchased by the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1912-13.(FE 71).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1913
