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Cup, bead, buttons, coins, pins
from well at Inschadney, Kenmore, Loch Tay, Perthshire
![Postcard of Cup, bead, buttons, coins, pins.](/database/media.php?file=postcard/image/0098/00981869.jpg&PHPSESSID=qo77puhkf863o45uepfkg985f1) 000-190-004-212-C © National Museums Scotland |
| Cup, bead, buttons, coins, pins
These three metal buttons, three copper coins, five wire-headed pins, glass bead and crude stone cup are all from the well on Inschadney in Loch Tay, near Kenmore in Perthshire, a former village deserted around 1800.
One of the coins is a George III farthing, dated 1806, the other two are difficult to identify but are probably 'turner' of between around 1632 and 1638.
Those who visited wells left votive gifts, often small coins, pins or nails. At some wells rags were left, which represented the person's illness or troubles. These wells were and are known as 'clootie' wells.
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000-190-004-212-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland H.NO 66 |
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17th and 18th century
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Copper Glass Metal Stone Wire-headed
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18 mm Dia 20 mm Dia 20 mm Dia approx 35 mm L 60 mm H x 180 mm x 160 mm
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Bead Button Coin Cup Pin
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Jewellery: charms, amulets (NMAS Classification) Jewellery: charms, amulets (NMAS Classification) Jewellery: charms, amulets (NMAS Classification) Jewellery: charms, amulets (NMAS Classification) Jewellery: charms, amulets (NMAS Classification)
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Scotland, Perthshire, Kenmore, Inschadney, Holy Well Scotland, Perthshire, Kenmore, Inschadney, Holy Well Scotland, Perthshire, Kenmore, Inschadney, Holy Well Scotland, Perthshire, Kenmore, Inschadney, Holy Well Scotland, Perthshire, Kenmore, Inschadney, Holy Well
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Rude stone cup from the Holy Well, Inschadney, Kenmore, Perthshire Three small copper coins, one a farthing of George III, dated 1806, the others unidentifiable, from the Holy Well, Inschadney, Kenmore, Perthshire Three metal buttons from the Holy Well, Inschadney, Kenmore, Perthshire Flattened spheroidal opalescent glass bead from the Holy Well, Inschadney, Kenmore, Perthshire Six small wire-headed pins, one missing, from the Holy Well, Inschadney, Kenmore, Perthshire
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- Gillies, W. A., 'Notes on Old Wells and a Stone Circle at Kenmore' in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 59 (1924-5), pp 75-8
- Stevenson, R. B. K., 'Holy wells and coins' in Transactions of the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society 63 (1988), p 92
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