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from Talnotrie, Glen of the Bar, Kirkcudbrightshire

Postcard of Hoard.
000-190-004-238-C
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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
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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
Subject:
Who:
Where: Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Talnotrie
Event:
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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