Fetteresso, 'cowie Common'
Coin Hoard (Roman)
Site Name Fetteresso, 'cowie Common'
Classification Coin Hoard (Roman)
Canmore ID 37116
Site Number NO89SE 2
NGR NO 85 91
NGR Description NO c. 85 91
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/37116
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fetteresso
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO89SE 2 c. 85 91.
A hoard of denarii, ranging from Vespasian (69 AD) to Septimius Severus (211 AD), was found about 3' below the surface on Cowie Common in 1843. They had the appearance of having been contained in an earthen vessel, although no remains of this were found.
Miss Robertson (1952) believes that three coins in the British Museum, registered as having come from "Blackburn of Muchall" ( ? Backburn), are part of this hoard. Others to whom the coins were distributed included the Newcastle Soc of Antiqs and the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS), which received three in 1846.
G Macdonald 1918; A S Robertson 1952.
