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 - undiff. [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.

References

Metcalf, D.M. and Northover, P., (1985), Debasement of the Coinage in Southern England in the Age of King Alfred, Numismatic Chronicle vol. 145 pp. 150-176 (link)
Maxwell, Herbert. "Notes on a Hoard of Personal Ornaments, Implements, and Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian Coins from Talnotrie, Kirkcudbrightshire." Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. 47. 1913

Coin Details

Burgred (Mercia)
Type	Denom.	Mint	# coins	Spink	North	Remarks
Burgred - Rev. type A: lunettes unbroken	Penny	Uncertain	4		423	Fragments.
Abbasids undiff.
Type	Denom.	Mint	# coins	Spink	North	Remarks
Abbasid dirham - undifferentiated		Uncertain	1			Fragment.
Abbasid, al-Mutawakkil
Type	Denom.	Mint	# coins	Spink	North	Remarks
Abbasid dirham, al-Mutawakkil		Uncertain	1			Fragment.
Louis the Pious
Type	Denom.	Mint	# coins	Spink	North	Remarks
'Christiana Religio' type	Denier	Uncertain	1			Fragment. Cut fragment
Styca Coinage - undiff.
Type	Denom.	Mint	# coins	Spink	North	Remarks
Undiff. styca type		Uncertain	1			Fragment.
Undiff. styca type		Uncertain	1
Styca Coinage - Redwulf
Type	Denom.	Mint	# coins	Spink	North	Remarks
Undiff. Type		Uncertain	1		189	Pirie phase II, group A
Styca Coinage - Aethelred II (2nd reign)
Type	Denom.	Mint	# coins	Spink	North	Remarks
Undiff. Type		Uncertain	1		190	Pirie phase II, group A
Styca Coinage - Osberht
Type	Denom.	Mint	# coins	Spink	North	Remarks
Undiff. Type		Uncertain	1			Pirie phase II, group Ciii
Styca Coinage - Abp. Wulfhere
Type	Denom.	Mint	# coins	Spink	North	Remarks
Undiff. Type		York	1			Pirie phase II, group Ciii

Total number of coins: 13 Hoard Face Value: 4d.