Journal article

An Anglo-Saxon figure-decorated plaque from Ayton (Scottish Borders), its parallels and implications

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Creator
  • Blackwell, Alice
2007

Abstract
  • An Anglo-Saxon plaque decorated with a human figure was found by a metal detectorist in the vicinity of the village of Ayton in 2003 (NGR: NT 92 61),1 and is now in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (NMS, X.IG 22). The complete human form is rare within early Anglo-Saxon art and as such the Ayton plaque is a very significant find, not least since it was found in the Scottish Borders, a significant distance from its closest parallels. It is also an important addition to the corpus of material culture found within the 7th-century kingdom of Northumbria.

Metadata

Resource Type
  • Journal article
Creator
  • Blackwell, Alice
Date published
  • 2007
Institution
  • National Museums Scotland
Journal title
  • Medieval Archaeology
Volume
  • 51
Pagination
  • 165-172
Publisher
  • Maney Publishing
ISSN
  • 0076-6097
Official URL
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Rights holder
  • © 2007 Society for Medieval Archaeology
DOI
  • doi.org/10.1179/174581707x224723
Library of Congress Classification
Additional Information
  • © 2007 Society for Medieval Archaeology