Monument record MHG8570 - Coin hoard in cairn, Rosemarkie
Summary
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NH 7300 5699 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NH75NW |
Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
Civil Parish | ROSEMARKIE |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NH75NW 4 73 57.
'In 1787 several silver coins were found in a small cairn of stones near Rosemarkie. They were mostly shillings of Queen Elizabeth, with a mixture of other coins, and particularly some of the time of James I and Charles I'. The cairns lay between Glen Urquhart farm and Rosemarkie.
A J Beaton 1885.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG1964 Text/Publication/Volume: Beaton, A J. 1885. Illustrated guide to Fortrose and vicinity with an appendix on the antiquities of the Black Isle. 45, 50.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM