Find Spot record 368 - STEINISH, LEWIS

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Seventeenth century hoard found 1876

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Grid reference NB 44900 33900 (point)
Map sheet NB43SW
Island Lewis
Parish STORNOWAY, Western Isles

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NB43SW 4 449 339.
Steinish Treasure Trove. In April or May 1876 some boys found in a peat moss at Steinish a rotten horn containing 26 coins of Francis and Mary, Mary, and James VI. The coins were sent to Exchequer the following June but their ultimate disposal is not stated.
G Sim 1878.


G Sim, 1876-8, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 306 (Bibliographic reference). SWE6674.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: G Sim. 1876-8. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 12. 306-7. 306.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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