Archaeology Notes

Event ID 703781

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/703781

NS56NE 29 598 654.

A coin hoard, contained in an earthen pot, was dug up in Glasgow on 10th January 1795 when levelling the ground at the S end of Taylor Street, and N side of Rotten Row. There were probably between 800 and 900 gold coins, dispersed among the workmen and bystanders. Those seen included coins of James III, IV, V, Mary, Edward IV, Henry VI, Richard III, and Henry VIII.

J Lindsay 1845.

Field investigation located the findspot to the area of the junction of the streets, at NS 5986 6546.

Visited by OS (W M J) 6 September 1976.