Hazelrig
Coin Hoard (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hazelrig
Classification Coin Hoard (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 64199
Site Number NX67NE 4
NGR NX 676 792
NGR Description NX c. 676 792
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Balmaclellan
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX67NE 4 c. 676 792
A hoard of silver pennies, deposited between 1261 and 1271, was discovered probably about 1924, while rough ground on Hazelrig (NX 676 792) was being levelled. They were thought to be tinsel discs at the time and were scattered, but seventy have been recovered, mostly Long-Cross Pennies of Henry III (1216-72) although there are three coins of Alexander III (1249-1286), an illegible long, double-cross sterling and a foreign sterling of John I, Duke of Brabant (1261-94). The exact number of coins found cannot be ascertained, and their present disposition is unknown.
J Davidson 1949; J Williams 1970.
