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Sheet metal fragments
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posted on 2022-12-14, 12:48 authored by Woruldhord Project TeamNational Museums of Scotland, inventory no. FC 179. Sheet metal fragments -- Gilded copper embossed strip, embossed sheet with arcaded vine pattern, embossed and chased sheet and gilded copper fragments from 5 bosses. Possibly fragments of a shrine or alter cross, as reconstructed here. Discovered in an unknown location in Dumfriesshire prior to 1905. Dated to the second half of the eighth century. © The Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland.