Hook

Description

Iron hook from the settlement at Westness, Orkney, 800 - 1100 AD

Museum reference

X.1997.125

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Hook

Date

9th - 11th century

Materials

Iron

Collection place(s)

Westness, Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Batey, C.E., and Paterson, C. 2013. A Viking burial at Balnakeil, Sutherland. In A. Reynolds and L. Webster (eds) Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World: studies in honour of James Graham-Campbell. Northern World 58, 631–662. Leiden: Brill, at p 647

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

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