| Collection | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection |
| Object Name | Pin head |
| 301 764 778 |
| Object Number | ABDUA:15645 |
| Other Number | A523+2 |
| Other Number Type | Old number |
| Period | LIA |
| Brief Description | Nine globular pin-heads, in shale. One with part of an iron pin. One of the pin-heads appears to be a nut or gall. Six pin-heads are on display (December 2001). Found when trenching land on Hill of Crichie, Aberdeenshire (February 1856) along with three complete and one incomplete pin-heads, and bronze Don terret and ferrule for spear, all of which are preserved in British Museum. |
| Dimensions | Dia, 36 mm |
| Materials | Stone shale Metal, iron |
| Condition | Good |
| Completeness | Complete |
| Technique | Carved,bored |
| Object Production Date | 100-500 |
| Place Key | Europe, Scotland, North East, Crichie Kintore Aberdeenshire |
| Association Type Place | findspot hoard |
| Field Collector | Chalmers, J H |
| Publication Note | Callander (1927) Early Iron Age Hoardin PSAS LXI p243/6Callander (1905) in PSAS XL p35Chalmers (1867) in PSAS VII p111, (1865) in PSAS V p391, (1925) British Museum Guide to the Antiquities of the Early Iron Age p158/9 Ralston & Inglis (1984) FOUL HORDES p57/8 no34 file |
| Caption | "Shale pin heads found as part of a hoard next to Crichie stone circle, Inverurie (6th cent AD)."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
"These pin-heads were found under a large stone, in what may have been a cist, near the hillfort known as Bruce’s Camp, Crichie, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. They were accompanied by a Donside terret and a bronze ferrule. The spherical pin-heads are made of shale, although one appears to be a gall, and are very similar in size. Each has a pin-hole showing traces of iron. Originally there were 13. It is not known whether these objects accompanied a burial, or were buried as a hoard, but they are likely to be contemporary with the hillfort. Similar pin-heads made are known from the pre-Severan period and also in bone from later periods in the Iron Age."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN |
| Aquisition Source | Chalmers, Captain Ian P H |