Borland
Chain (Silver)
Site Name Borland
Classification Chain (Silver)
Canmore ID 48826
Site Number NT04NE 24
NGR NT 06 46
NGR Description NT c. 06 46
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Walston
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NT04NE 24 c. 06 46.
An incomplete Pictish silver chain of 7th-8th century AD date which was found on Borland farm (NT 061 461) in 1895 is in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS Accession no FC 264).
It is composed of 21 pairs of rings and measures 15.6" long. It was an item in the collection of Peter F Dunlop of Dolphinton who died in 1925, which was purchased for the NMAS in 1955.
NMAS Card Index; R B K Stevenson 1956
No further information from Borland Farm.
Visited by OS (DWR) 19 July 1971.
