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Airth
Handle (Iron Age)
Site Name Airth
Classification Handle (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 351532
Site Number NS98NW 370
NGR NS 90 87
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/351532
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Airth
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
Metal Detector Find (2014)
NS 90 87 A decorated intact Iron Age tankard handle of 1st/2nd century AD was found by metal detecting near Airth. The arched pointed oval handle has decorated circular terminals with perforated attachment tangs on
the underside. The handle has an asymmetrical lentoid section, thickened on the underside. The front edges are decorated with slightly raised margins paralleled by a line of cast-in beading.
One terminal has an area of mineralised organic remains over the outer surface, probably leather. It is also present, more patchily, on the other terminal and wrapped round one end of the handle, but not on the underside of the attachment discs. Its presence on the discs makes it unlikely to be a protective wrapping for the handle while in use. The lack
of rivets or traces of the organic vessel suggest the handle had been removed; the strip of leather may have bound it to something else. The findspot, near a damp location, suggests it may have been a deliberate offering.
Claimed as Treasure Trove (TT 100/14), allocated to Falkirk Museum
Fraser Hunter - National Museums Scotland
(Source: DES)
