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Traprain Law
Findspot, Chain (Silver)(Early Medieval)
Site Name Traprain Law
Classification Findspot, Chain (Silver)(Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Pictish
Canmore ID 56385
Site Number NT57SE 1.19
NGR NT 5834 7487
NGR Description NT c. 5834 7487
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56385
!['Plan of Traprain Law', showing contours, annotated with the position of Curle and Cree's trenches, and the find spot of a 'silver chain' [1938]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00248534.jpg)
!['Plan of Traprain Law', showing contours, annotated with the position of Curle and Cree's trenches, and the find spot of a 'silver chain' [1938]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00248534.jpg)
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Prestonkirk
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
Note (12 November 2018)
An early medieval silver chain was discovered by quarry workers at Traprain Law in January 1938 ‘near the quarry, between the 600 and 700 ft contours’ (Edwards 1939, 326) and acquired for the National Museum in March 1939 (PSAS 73, 333; NMS Accession Number X.FC 248). The find spot of the chain is annotated on a plan of Traprain Law dated to c.1923 (HES Archive: DP248534) at NT c. 5834 7487, in an area now completely quarried away.
Information from HES (GFG) 12 November 2018.
(TPR52)
