Lugtonridge
Shield(S) (Bronze)
Site Name Lugtonridge
Classification Shield(S) (Bronze)
Alternative Name(s) Lugtonbridge
Canmore ID 42016
Site Number NS34NE 2
NGR NS 37 49
NGR Description NS c. 37 49
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42016
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Beith (Cunninghame)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS34NE 2 c. 37 49.
A votive hoard (J G Scott 1966) consisting of five or six bronze shields, placed on edge in a ring, was found 6ft or 7ft below the surface by labourers casting peats in 1779 or 1780 on Lugtonridge farm, Beith (Lugtonridge farm names: centred NS 37 49).
J Evans 1878; A Wray 1847; minutes of Soc Antiq London, 17 November
1791
Only one shield, donated to the Society of Antiquities of London survives. It is 69cms in diameter and has a central boss surrounded by 29 ribs alternating with rows of small bosses. A hand grip is attached by rivets behind the central boss. It was made in the Late Bronze Age, probably between 800 and 700 BC.
J M Coles 1962; A Morrison 1978
Enquiries made at the five 'Lugtonridge' farms produced no further information.
Visited by OS (DS) 2 August 1956
No further information. The relevant Ordnance Survey Name Book does not assist in locating the exact farm.
Photo.
Visited by OS (JRL) 18 October 1982.
