Unique Bronze Age hoard from Peebles saved for the nation

However, it said some of the larger artefacts highlighted Scotland’s position as part of an international network of communities across the North Sea.

“Two rattle pendants, the first ever found in Scotland, are more commonly found in Denmark, northern Germany and northern Poland,” it said.

“These remarkable objects are created from interlinked bronze rings and pendant plates that would have hung from a horse or wooden vehicle and rattled as they moved.”

Other items include a sword still in its wooden scabbard, as well as an array of small bronze buttons looped onto cords.