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Aberdeen, Flourmill Brae

Findspot (19th Century), Coin Hoard (Medieval)

Site Name Aberdeen, Flourmill Brae

Classification Findspot (19th Century), Coin Hoard (Medieval)

Canmore ID 107103

Site Number NJ90NW 323

NGR NJ 9415 0635

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeen, City Of
  • Parish Aberdeen
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District City Of Aberdeen
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ90NW 323 9415 0635

See also NJ90NW 62.

Workmen employed in digging for the foundations of a new building near the Flour Mill found a large basin full of coins at a depth of 10 feet below road level. They are mostly of the coinage of Edward I of England and Alexander III of Scotland. So ignorant were the persons who found them of their value that they sold a great many of them to the bystanders at a rate of four for a penny.

Aberdeen Chronicle 14 November 1807.

Wilson states that this is the same hoard as NJ90NW 62.

D M Wilson 1959.

The present whereabouts of the coins from this medieval hoard, which was found in the early 19th century, are not known.

Information from RCAHMS (JRS) 29 May 1997.

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