Hoard

These objects are from a hoard of jewellery, metalworking raw materials, coins, a large balance weight and three stone spindle whorls found at Talnotrie, Glen of the Bar in Kirkcudbrightshire. It probably belonged to a Northumbrian metalworker.

The silver strap end inlaid in niello, and the pair of silver disc-headed pins were made in England. The lead weight with gilt bronze mount and gold finger ring were probably made in the British Isles. Some of the coins are fragmentary or pierced.

The contents of the Talnotrie hoard are an unusual mixture of objects. The coins are from the Arabic empire, England or France, and, together with the weight, suggest some Viking influence in the accumulation of the hoard.

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Online ID:	000-190-004-238-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.FC 227
Date:	853 - 874 853 - 874 853 - 874 853 - 874 Deposited between 875 and 900
Material:	Agate; in rough state Beeswax-like substance Broken Bronze; cross-shaped; with part of an oval setting of a semitransparent stone in the centre Claystone Claystone Claystone Glass, greenish; convex face Globular; ornamented with quadrants filled with triquetra scrolls of filigree work Gold; plain Jet or lignite Lead; with brass top ornamented with interlaced work Metal; small Silver; melted Silver; obverse ornamented with a plain circle enclosing a pattern formed by four painted ovals end to end, their inner outlines forming a concave sided quadrant; beaded margin Silver; obverse ornamented with a plain circle enclosing a pattern formed by four painted ovals end to end, their inner outlines forming a concave sided quadrant; beaded margin Silver; obverse with panel of niello ornamented with zoomorphic design; reverse plain Wire; twisted; oval; free end bent into a twisted hook Wire; twisted; oval; free end bent into a twisted hook
Dimensions:	0.75" D 1.25" D 1.38" D 1.50" x 1.25" x 0.75" 1.75" D 1360 gr. Troy weight
What:	Agate / piece Beeswax / cake / portion Belt tag Coin Coin Coin Coin Coin Coin / fragment Coin, styca Coin, styca Coin, styca Coin, styca Coin, styca Coin, styca Glass / portion Jet / lignite / piece Loop Loop Metal / fragment Object Pin Pin Pinhead Ring, finger Silver / portion Weight Whorl Whorl Whorl
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Description:	Lead weight with a brass top ornamented with interlaced work, from Talnotrie Globular pinhead ornamented with quadrants filled with triquetra scrolls of filigree work, from Talnotrie Silver belt tag with a panel of niello ornamented with zoomorphic design on the obverse, from Talnotrie Silver pin ornamented on the obverse with a beaded margin round a plain circle enclosing a pattern formed by four painted ovals end to end, from Talnotrie Silver pin ornamented on the obverse with a beaded margin round a plain circle enclosing a pattern formed by four painted ovals end to end, from Talnotrie Oval loop of twisted wire with the free end bent into a twisted hook, from Talnotrie Oval loop of twisted wire with the free end bent into a twisted hook, from Talnotrie Plain gold finger ring from Talnotrie Object of thin bronze shaped like a cross, with part of an oval setting of a semitransparent stone in the centre, from Talnotrie Piece of greenish glass with convex face, from Talnotrie Northumbrian styca from Talnotrie Northumbrian styca from Talnotrie Northumbrian styca from Talnotrie Northumbrian styca from Talnotrie Northumbrian styca from Talnotrie Northumbrian styca from Talnotrie Coin of Burgred, King of Mercia, 853 - 874, from Talnotrie Coin of Burgred, King of Mercia, 853 - 874, from Talnotrie Coin of Burgred, King of Mercia, 853 - 874, from Talnotrie Coin of Burgred, King of Mercia, 853 - 874, from Talnotrie Fragmentary French coin probably of the Carolingian period, from Talnotrie Broken Cufic coin, probably of the period of the Abbasid Caliphs, from Talnotrie Two pieces of melted silver from Talnotrie Six small metal fragments from Talnotrie Claystone whorl from Talnotrie Claystone whorl from Talnotrie Claystone whorl from Talnotrie Circular piece of jet or lignite from Talnotrie Piece of agate in a rough state, from Talnotrie Part of a cake of beeswax-like substance, from Talnotrie
References:	Graham-Campbell, James. The Viking-age gold and silver of Scotland (AD 850-1100). Edinburgh: National Museums of Scotland, 1995, p 4. Webster, Leslie and Backhouse, Janet. The making of England. Anglo-Saxon art and culture AD 600-900. London: British Museum Press, 1991, pp 273-4.
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