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Arbroath

Mint (Period Unknown)(Possible)

Site Name Arbroath

Classification Mint (Period Unknown)(Possible)

Canmore ID 35541

Site Number NO64SW 13

NGR NO 64 41

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Angus
  • Parish Arbroath And St Vigeans
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO64SW 13 64 41.

It would appear that at some remote period the town (Arbroath) was known by the name of Abrinca, and that it had possessed a mint, at which coins bearing the name of Abrinca were struck but which are now very rare.

G Cumming 1843

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