A workman found the collection of brooches in earth uncovered by removing a large boulder.

He immediately left his work and disappeared southwards, on the way passing two brooches to Mr Macleod, a shopkeeper in Cadboll, who displayed them to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1870.

[4] The brooch is made from a flat band of silver decorated with carved and alternating interlace patterns, some of which are in gold,[7] and a head that is a quarter inch thick.

[8] The bird heads are rendered in full-relief, all inward-facing, fixed with rivets, lined with gold, with narrow eyes made from green glass.

[10] The brooch is in relatively good condition; some of the settings for decorative studs in the head and terminals, made from red glass and amber, are missing.