Find Spot record 513 - ST KILDA

NF19NW 9 10 99.

Two Viking tortoise brooches, of the type Rygh 649, were found on the island of St Kilda, and certainly mark the site of a woman's grave, the exact provenance of which is unknown. The brooches one belonged to the Andersonian Museum, Glasgow, but were said to have been stolen or lost, when transferred to the present building of the Kelvingrove Museum (S Greig 1954).
It now appears that one only was lost, and the other acquired for the National Museum of Copenhagen; Acc. No. 10 521: 1848:118. This is illustrated by Worsaae and is of the 10th century, type Rygh 652 (J J A Worsaae 1872)
J Anderson 1875; S Greig 1940 and 1954; J J A Worsaae 1872.

No further information, but see NF19NW 18 - possible Viking graves. Visited by OS (J L D) 12 August 1967.

J J A Worsaae, 1872, Aaboger for foerNordisk Old Kyndighed og Historie, 420 illust. (Bibliographic reference). SWE12871.

S Grieg, 1940, Viking Antiquities in Scotland, 555-6 (Bibliographic reference). SWE2901.

A O, M and H Curle, Olsen and , 1954, Civilisation of the Viking settlers in relation to their old and new countries, 73, 241 (Bibliographic reference). SWE2560.