Monument record MHG8570 - Coin hoard in cairn, Rosemarkie

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Grid reference Centred NH 7300 5699 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH75NW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish ROSEMARKIE
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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)

  • --- 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.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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