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The Deskford Carnyx © National Museums Scotland – Cropped

The Deskford Carnyx © National Museums Scotland – Cropped

The Deskford carnyx is the head of an Iron Age trumpet. Found in the north-east of Scotland around 1816, it is a masterpiece of early Celtic art, shaped to resemble a wild boar with its upturned snout and decoration mirroring the folds of skin around a boar’s face. It is a complex composite construction, wrought from sheet bronze and brass.

The Deskford Carnyx © National Museums Scotland


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