Tarbat Parish Church
Hoard (Silver)
Site Name Tarbat Parish Church
Classification Hoard (Silver)
Alternative Name(s) Tarbat West Church; Old Tarbat Burial-ground; Tarbat Parish Churchyard
Canmore ID 15668
Site Number NH98SW 8
NGR NH 915 840
NGR Description NH c. 915 840
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Tarbat
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH98SW 8 c. 915 840
(Area; NH 915 840) Small silver hoard found by the grave-digger at Tarbat Church while digging a grave a few yards from the E gate of the churchyard in March 1889. The finds apparently came from a crevice in a line of masonry unearthed at a depth of 5' - 6'. This line of wall foundation ran from E - W parallel with the walls of the church and the graveyard. The hoard consisted of: two complete silver armlets, or ring-money; a fragment of another, and two end portions of a fourth. With them were six silver coins, one Anglo-Saxon (Eadgar 959-975) and five Frankish (Louis le Begue 846-879). The finds are now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, Accession nos IL 272-81).
H Miller and D MacLeod 1889; S Grieg 1940.
No further information.
Visited by OS (A A) 20 September 1972.