Edinburgh, Castlehill
Coin (Roman)
Site Name Edinburgh, Castlehill
Classification Coin (Roman)
Alternative Name(s) Edinburgh, Telfer Wall
Canmore ID 52517
Site Number NT27SE 53
NGR NT 2539 7353
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52517
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 53 2539 7353
For discovery of log-coffins, see also NT27SE 121.
For Castlehill Reservoir, see NT27SE 492.
(Name: NT 2539 7353) Roman Coin found 1850 (NAT)
OS 1/1250 plan, (1970)
A bronze coin of Constantine the Great (306-337 AD.,) in excellent preservation, was found in 1850 when digging the foundations of a large reservoir [presumably NT27SE 492] on the Castlehill.
D Wilson 1863; G Macdonald 1918.
