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Stichill
Findspot, Armlet (Bronze)
Site Name Stichill
Classification Findspot, Armlet (Bronze)
Canmore ID 58385
Site Number NT73NW 7
NGR NT 71 38
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58385
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Stichill
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
A massive bronze armlet, weighing over three quarters of a kilogram, was found near Stichill. It was one of a pair, although the second item has been lost. It probably dates from the late first or early second century AD, as it was found in association with a bronze collar of that date.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NT73NW 7 71 38.
An Iron Age, massive bronze armlet, datable to between AD 50 and AD 150 (M Simpson 1968) from Stichill (NT 7138) was acquired by the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1833 (Accession no: FA 17). It measures 11.4cm in maximum diameter and 8.2cm in width.
It may have been one of a pair, the other one of which has been lost (M Simpson 1968). (See also NT73NW 6.)
J A Smith 1881; NMAS Catalogue 1892; RCAHMS 1956.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
