Black Burn
Coin(S), Weapon(S)
Site Name Black Burn
Classification Coin(S), Weapon(S)
Canmore ID 16033
Site Number NJ13SE 8
NGR NJ 1793 3152
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16033
- Council Moray
- Parish Inveravon
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
Some time before 1836 a collection of heavily corroded arms and coins were discovered when a hillock above the Black Burn was being trenched. No details about the arms or coins were recorded.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NJ13SE 8 1793 3152.
(NJ 1793 3152) Arms and Coins found AD 1842.
OS 6"map, Banffshire, 2nd ed., (1905)
Some arms, too corroded to be preserved, and coins which were sold to a silversmith, were found before 1836 (although the Name Book says 1842) when a small hillock was being trenched.
New Statistical Account (NSA, written by Rev W Alster - 1836) 1845; Name Book 1869.
No further information: The hillock is natural, and the published siting symbol on the OS 6"map (1905) falls near the top of the W slopes where vague traces of trenching can be seen to commence.
Visited by OS (R L) 25 August 1966.
