New Woodhead
Findspot (19th Century), Bead(S) (Jet)(Medieval), Brooch(S) (Silver)(Medieval), Coin(S) (Silver)(Medieval), Hoard (Medieval), Ring(S) (Gold)(Medieval)
Site Name New Woodhead
Classification Findspot (19th Century), Bead(S) (Jet)(Medieval), Brooch(S) (Silver)(Medieval), Coin(S) (Silver)(Medieval), Hoard (Medieval), Ring(S) (Gold)(Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Woodhead
Canmore ID 67489
Site Number NY37NE 10
NGR NY 392 794
NGR Description NY c. 392 794
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67489
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Canonbie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY37NE 10 c. 392 794.
Two silver brooches and fragments of two others and a gold, sapphire and emerald ring, a pebble-set gold ring, 15 jet beads, and 70 silver pennies and 3 halfpennies of Edwards I and II, penny of Alexander III and 2 of John Baliol, ploughed up at Woodhead Farm in 1863. In the National Museum of Antiquities.
G Sim 1865; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1865
According to J and R Hyslop (1912) this hoard was found at New Woodhead (NY 392 794) in 1864. No further information could be found by local enquiries.
Visited by OS (RD) 18 December 1970.
Note (1997)
NY37NE 10 392 794.
Woodhead. Listed as hoard: includes coins, silver brooches, gold rings and jet beads.
RCAHMS 1997.
