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Deskford
Coin Hoard (Roman)
Site Name Deskford
Classification Coin Hoard (Roman)
Canmore ID 17992
Site Number NJ56SW 3
NGR NJ 50 61
NGR Description NJ c. 50 61
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17992
- Council Moray
- Parish Deskford
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ56SW 3 c. 50 61
Gordon, writing in 1726, described a hoard of Roman coins of which 27 were preserved by the Earl of Findlater, found in the Boyne. The coins included those of Antoninus Pius, Faustina, Otho, and others. This is probably the hoard described by Chalmers (1887-94) as having been found near the old bridge a little below the tower of Deskford; and despite the gap of some 80 years between the two reports, Sir George Macdonald (1918) regarded the two finds as being one and the same.
O G S Crawford 1949; G Chalmers 1887-94; A Gordon 1726; G Macdonald 1918.
No further information.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 18 September 1961.
