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Lesmahagow
Coin (Silver)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lesmahagow
Classification Coin (Silver)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 46491
Site Number NS83NW 27
NGR NS 81 39
NGR Description NS c. 81 39
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Lesmahagow
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS83NW 27 c. 81 39.
An Armorican silver coin from Lesmahagow (NS 81 39), if it is indeed an ancient rather than a modern loss, is indicative of trade contracts far beyond the boundaries of the county, perhaps in the middle of the 1st century BC. (A L F Rivet ed. 1962.)
RCAHMS 1978.
