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Migdale Hoard

Coordinates: 57°54′14″N 4°19′37″W / 57.904°N 4.327°W / 57.904; -4.327
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57°54′14″N 4°19′37″W / 57.904°N 4.327°W / 57.904; -4.327 The Migdale Hoard is a group of early Bronze Age jewellery discovered by workmen blasting a granite knoll behind Bonar Bridge, Scotland, near what is known as "Tulloch Hill" in May 1900.[1][2] It is named after the nearby Loch Migdale.

Dating from about 2000-1150 BC, the artifacts are in the custody of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. They include a bronze axe head,[3][4] sets of bronze bangles[5][6][7] and anklets,[8] and a series of beautifully carved jet and cannel coal buttons[9] that may well have adorned a Bronze Age jacket, bronze hair ornaments and fragments of an elaborate bronze headdress.[10]

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