Glencotho
Findspot, Scabbard (Bronze)(Iron Age)
Site Name Glencotho
Classification Findspot, Scabbard (Bronze)(Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Glencotho Farm
Canmore ID 48516
Site Number NT02NE 7
NGR NT 08 28
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48516
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Broughton, Glenholm And Kilbucho
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT02NE 7 c.08 28.
An Early Iron Age bronze chape of Piggott's Bugthorpe type was found in June 1899, in a molehill, c. 1200' OD on a hillside near the head of Glencotho Burn and 50 yds from it. It was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) and is dateable to the second half of the first century BC. (NMAS FA73)
W Buchan 1900; RCAHMS 1967; S Piggott 1950
The findspot was not located.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 29 September 1959
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council