Talnotrie, a.k.a. Kirkcudbright.

MCHBI Ref: SCO0352

Updated: 21-06-2023

Location And Setting

  • Region: Scotland
  • County: Kirkcudbrightshire (Dumfries & Galloway)
  • Mapped location accuracy: 100-1000 meters

Timing

  • Deposited: c.875

Discovery

  • Discovered: 1912
  • Circumstances: Peat or turf-cutting
  • Context: Other Context
  • Feature: Other

Container And Contents

  • Container: Unknown
  • Hoard Type: Mixed: Coins and other object(s)

Coin Summary

  • Num. of coins: 13
  • Latest Coin: Data req'd.
  • Coins issued by: Carolingian undiff. [1], Styca Coinage [6], Burgred (Mercia) [4], Kufic dirhams [2]

Other Items

Jewellery items in the hoard include two silver disc-headed pins, a separate pin-head, a niello strap-end and a gold finger-ring. Objects associated with metal-working include a lead weight inset with a piece of circular copper-alloy interlace, two oval silver wire loops, and a fragment of or unfinished cross.[1] Raw materials include a piece of jet, a piece of unfinished agate, a piece of green glass and a substance similar to beeswax. There are also three clay spindle whorls.

Disposition

National Museums Scotland

Summary Notes

Deposited at Talnotrie in Kirkcudbright after c. 875, not very far from the site of the 2014 Galloway Hoard find on Church of Scotland land at Balmaghie. Coins associated with the hoard include six stycas, four pennies of Burgred of Mercia, one fragment of a Carolingian denier and two fragments of Islamic dirhams. The hoard was discovered when a woman was putting peat on the fire in her home and noticed some silver drop out from the peat. Her husband had cut the peat from the hillside near their home.

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