Rogart Brooch
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- head diameter: 12 cm (4.7 in)
- pin length: 19.3 cm (7.6 in)
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| Material | Silver-plated with gold, glass, amber |
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| Period/culture | 8th-century |
| Place | Rogart, Sutherland, Scotland |
| Present location | National Museum of Scotland |
| Identification | NMS X.FC2[1] |
The Rogart Brooch is a large penannular brooch of Pictish origin, dated to the 8th-century.[2] Characteristic of contemporary Pictish brooches, it contains three-dimensional bird-head inserts formed with glass.[3]
It was discovered at Rogart, Sutherland, in Scotland in 1868 as part of a hoard of 8th-century brooches.[4][5] The hoard was unearthed during rock-blasting for the construction of the Sutherland Railway. A workman found the collection of brooches in the earth uncovered by removing a large boulder. He immediately left his work and disappeared southwards, on the way passing two brooches to Mr Macleod, a shopkeeper in Cadboll, who displayed them to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1870. The number of brooches discovered in the hoard was not recorded at the time.[4]
Both brooches are in the archaeology collection of the National Museum of Scotland.[6][1] The Rogart Brooch, the larger of the two, is on permanent display in the museum in Edinburgh. A third brooch from the find went to the collection of the then Duke of Sutherland and later to Dunrobin Castle.[4]
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