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Errol
Brooch(S) (Tortoiseshell)(Norse)
Site Name Errol
Classification Brooch(S) (Tortoiseshell)(Norse)
Alternative Name(s) Luncarthy
Canmore ID 30463
Site Number NO22SE 1
NGR NO 25 22
NGR Description NO c. 25 22
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30463
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Errol
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
The brooches are still in Perth Museum: one is on exhibition.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 15 June 1964.
NO22SE 1 c. 25 22
A pair of Norse tortoise brooches, found in 1785 at Errol, Perthshire, are in the Perth Natur Hist Museum (Acc. nos: 1291 and 1292).
Grieg could not find any brooches from Errol in the Museum, but did find two tortoise brooches there - type 'Righ' 647 (Acc. nos. 1891 and 1892), which, according to Ritchie, the director of the Museum, were from 'Luncarthy in Perthshire'.
H Shetelig 1954; S Grieg 1940; J Anderson and G F Black 1888
Note (21 December 1992)
There is considerable doubt as to where these brooches were actually discovered. Although they have been included in the RCAHMS (1994) gazetteer for South-east Perth, no other references are made to the brooches in the body of the text.
Information from Mr J R Sherriff (RCAHMS) 21 December 1992.
