Fig. 218.—Penannular Brooch of Bronze from Broch of Okstrow (1½ inch in diameter). engraved lines, and having a small ring, ¾ inch in diameter, inserted in a loop at the head of the pin; a small penannular brooch of bronze of Celtic form (Fig. [218]), with flattened and slightly expanded ends terminating in the semblance of animals’ heads; and a mounting of bronze, 3 inches in length (Fig. [219]), chased on the upper surface, and having perforated prolongations, as if for fastening it to some other object. Besides the usual fragments of plain unglazed pottery of native manufacture, there were in this Broch again several pieces of the red lustrous ware commonly called Samian. These pieces indicate two vessels—one a bowl of about 6 inches diameter; the other a shallow straight-sided vessel of considerable size. Both had been broken and mended by the insertion of soft metal clamps in holes drilled close to the sides of the fracture.
Fig. 219.—Mounting of Bronze from Broch of Okstrow (3 inches in length).
Figs. 215, 216.—Lamps from the Broch of Okstrow.
Fig. 217.—Bronze Pin from Broch of Okstrow (4¾ inches in length).
Fig. 218.—Penannular Brooch of Bronze from Broch of Okstrow (1½ inch in diameter).