Montrose
Findspot, Button, Clasp
Site Name Montrose
Classification Findspot, Button, Clasp
Canmore ID 116642
Site Number NO75NW 105
NGR NO 722 569
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/116642
- Council Angus
- Parish Montrose
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO75NW 105 NS 722 569
A pewter button from the uniform of the Montrose Loyal Volunteers, and a bronze military neck clasp of the type used on the military neck stock of the Napoleonic period, were found on Montrose Beach by the Old Lifeboat Station. The button is embossed with a crown, rose and initials MLV. They were donated to the Montrose Museum.
The Montrose Volunteers were founded in 1798, together with the Montrose Royal Voluteers, as threat of invasion by France decreased. They were disbanded after the signing of the Peace of Amiens in 1802.
Museum Accession numbers: M1994.I (pewter button); M1994.48 (neck clasp).
R Benvie 1994; DES Vol 50, 1994, p 83