NMS Archaeology Object 725267: X.2015.289.3 - Hacksilver fragment
Description
Summary
Small undecorated hacksilver fragment, from Norrie's Law, Fife, 500 - 700 AD
Accession Number
X.2015.289.3
Other references
Classification number | X.FC 331 |
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Original description
Alice Blackwell, note 07.12.2015: Small fragment of undecorated silver, curved slightly at one edge indicating it was part of a folded parcel. The edges are laminated and the surface bubbled slightly. One of 57 fragments in a small box labelled x.FC 26, and clearly part of the Norrie's Law hoard. Allocated temporary number 126.3 in 2012.
Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)
Durham, James, General, 1754 - 1840
Buist, George, 1805 - 1860
Discovery / field collection
Date of discovery
1819
Method (e.g. excavation)
Chance discovery
Place (i.e. location of discovery)
Norrie's Law, Largo, Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe
Grid reference
Not recorded
Acquisition
Acquisition date
1864
Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)
Mrs Dundas Durham
Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)
Donor
Image
None
Identifiers and Links to Other Records
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Identifier / External Link | Linked Record | Status | Comment |
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Canmore Site Id: 32527 | NORRIE'S LAW - LARGO - CAIRN (PERIOD UNASSIGNED), HOARD (SILVER)(PICTISH) | Definite | |
NMS Accession Number: X.2015.289.3 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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