Find Spot record MHG17433 - Skye
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 4500 3000 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG43SE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | STRATH |
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Full Description
Unlocated.
A Viking silver hoard from Skye given to the National Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh, by Rev. Donald MacQueen in 1781 (Acc.No:IL 123/4).
It comprises a very small, slender piece of silver ring-money or armlet, in two fragments, and another small piece with end portion missing.
S Grieg 1940.
Small hack-silver hoard of two fragments of ring-money dating to the 10th or 11th century. The stamp-decorated terminals on one of the fragments is unusual for ring-money, but is paralleled on a lost ring from the Burray, Orkney hoard. Called Isle of Skye no. 1 in Graham-Campbell's corpus. (Graham-Campbell 1995 p. 98).
Exact findspot on Skye unknown.
Graham-Campbell, James 1995. The Viking Age Gold and Silver of Scotland, no. 6, p 98, illustrated on plate 4a. <1>
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
