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Stichill
Findspot (18th Century), Collar (Bronze)(Iron Age)
Site Name Stichill
Classification Findspot (18th Century), Collar (Bronze)(Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Stichel
Canmore ID 58384
Site Number NT73NW 6
NGR NT 71 38
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58384
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Stichill
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
An Iron Age bronze collar was found in the village of Stichill in 1743 during digging for a well. The decoration and style of the collar suggest that this artefact was made in the late first or early second century AD, in the West Midlands area of England.
As the artefact was found in near perfect condition its find-spot, near a spring, suggests that it may have been a ritual deposit. Watery places appear to have been important to Iron Age people; objects may have been placed near them as offerings to gods or ancestors.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NT73NW 6 71 38.
A decorated, Iron Age, bronze collar was found in 1747 when digging for a well, about 7ft below the surface, at the E end of the village of Stichill (NT 71 38). It was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1782 by Sir James Pringle (Accession no: FA 37).
It may have been associated with the armlet or armlets described on NT73NW 7 (M Simpson 1968), and is probably of 2nd century AD date (J N G and A Ritchie 1972).
W Smellie 1782; NMAS Catalogue 1892; RCAHMS 1956.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
