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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 674745
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/674745
NM67SE 2 c. 665 724.
(Area NM 665 724) A hoard of over 150 Elizabethan coins was found at the end of the 19th century when making a path along the cliffs N of Dorlin House just opposite Castle Tioram. The find was made underneath a loose heap of stones at a point about halfway between the castle and a rock called Sgeir nighinn-Sheumas, which is only visible at low tide.
M E M Donaldson 1923.
No local information regarding the find spot; the name Sgeir nighinn-Sheumas is no longer known locally.
Visited by OS (R L) 28 May 1970.
