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Milnathort
Findspot (21st Century), Tankard (Copper Alloy)(Iron Age)
Site Name Milnathort
Classification Findspot (21st Century), Tankard (Copper Alloy)(Iron Age)
Canmore ID 370160
Site Number NO10SW 193
NGR NO 13 04
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/370160
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Orwell
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Kinross-shire
Metal Detector Find
NO 13 04 An Iron Age copper-alloy tankard handle fragment was found by metal-detecting near Milnathort. It had broken in antiquity around the middle of the pointed oval handle (the typical Scottish form). This thickens to a rib underneath and curves down to a circular attachment plate with a broken rectangular attachment tang broken across a circular perforation (D 4mm), giving a wall thickness of 4–5mm. The handle was once decorated with raised rounded marginal ribs, within which are two broader ribs, their margins decorated with a series of incisions, surviving in places as zig-zags. L 39mm; terminal W 21mm, L 22mm; overall H 23mm.
Claimed as Treasure Trove (TT 234/19) and allocated to Perth Museum and Art Gallery
Fraser Hunter – National Museums Scotland
(Source: DES Volume 21)
