Smith suggests that there may have been a fourth armlet, which was overlooked. The armlets, which were in Inverurie Castle in 1968, are of native workmanship, and dateable to A.D. 50-150. Casts are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, FA 20-22).

" At Aboyne, not long since, three massive bronze armlets were found. The workmanship and design seem to prove them to belong to the period anterior to the Roman possession of Britain.

Similar terminal decoration is seen on the Lismore armlet (below) and on others from Aboyne and Perth (MacGregor 1976, nos 233, 250). The strands have three or four sets of opposed trumpet decoration.

Smith, J. A. (1881). Additional Note on three Massive Bronze Armlets found near Aboyne, Aberdeenshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 15, 355–361. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.015.355.361

In the Spring of 1971 Mr E Oddy, a gentleman living in Exeter, Devonshire, brought into the City Museum a bronze penannular armlet, and in discussion with him it emerged that this formed part of a group of sixteen bronze objects which were in his possession.

Semantic Scholar extracted view of "ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE THREE MASSIVE BRONZE OR BRASS ARMLETS FOUND NEAR ABOYNE, ABERDEENSHIRE. BY JOHN" by Alexander Smith et al.

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Armlet(S) (Bronze), Ring(S) (Bronze) Site Name Glen Tanar. Classification Armlet(S) (Bronze), Ring(S) (Bronze) Canmore ID 33958. Site Number NO49NE 11. NGR NO 48 96. ... Parish Aboyne And Glentanar Former Region Grampian Former District Kincardine And Deeside Former County Aberdeenshire

Nov 29, 2011 · One of the most spectacular pieces of martial equipment in use among the Celtic peoples in the later stages of the La Tène culture was the animal-headed war-trumpet, the name of which, in Greek versions, has been preserved variously as karnon or karnyx.

Aboyne. Details; Collections ; Images ; Overview. Images. Collections. Administrative Areas. References. MyCanmore Images. MyCanmore Text. Armlet(S) (Bronze) Site Name Aboyne. Classification Armlet(S) (Bronze) Canmore ID 35297. Site Number NO59NW 28. NGR NO 52 98. NGR Description NO c. 52 98. Datum OSGB36 - NGR.