Bespoke Beasts: Pictish Metalworking at Rhynie
Resource type
Conference paper (unpublished)
Creator (person)
Cruickshanks, Gemma
Abstract
Excavations at Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, produced a rich artefact assemblage dating to between the 4th and early 7th centuries AD. Over a thousand fragments of metalworking debris indicate intensive non-ferrous metalwork production took place on site. Exquisite clay moulds for jewellery and a range of enigmatic beasts, along with stone ingot moulds, ceramic crucibles and stone metal-refining vessels reveal the metalworkers were highly skilled innovators.
Event title
PICTISH ARTS SOCIETY CONFERENCE 2025
Publisher
Pictish Arts Society
Rights statement
In Copyright