Whitecleuch Chain
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The Whitecleuch Chain is a large Pictish silver chain that was found in Whitecleuch, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1869. A high status piece, it is likely to have been worn as a choker neck ornament for c
The Whitecleuch Chain
Detail of penannular ring, with Pictish symbols
Whitecleuch Farm, where the chain was discovered
Chain ends linked together by penannular ring to form choker.
Norrie's Law hoard
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Norrie's Law hoard is a sixth century silver hoard discovered in 1819 at a small mound in Largo, Fife, Scotland. Found by an unknown person or persons, most of the hoard was illegally sold or given aw
Whitecleuch Chain
…the opening in the ring, there is a zigzag pattern and a double disc and Z-rod symbol, bearing similarity to those on the silver plaques found in the Norrie's Law hoard. On the other side of the opening, there is a notched rectangle symbol, decorated with a pair of circles, running lengthwise along the rectangle and…
Silver plaque, Norrie's Law Hoard
Norrie's Law hoard