Site type COIN (ROMAN)
Canmore ID 41913
Site Number NS33NW 1
NGR NS 3037 3783
Council NORTH AYRSHIRE
Parish DUNDONALD (CUNNINGHAME)
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District CUNNINGHAME
Former County AYRSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NS33NW 1 3037 3783

(NS 3037 3783) Roman Coin found AD 1930 (NAT)
OS 6" map (1968)

A bronze coin of Constantine I (c.536), probably minted at Rome, was found about 1930 by Mr Walker on the sandhills at Irvine.
A S Robertson 1952

This coin, still in Mr Walker's possession, was picked up on the foreshore about 20 yards southeast of the Lifeboat Station (sited from this information to NS 3037 3783).
Information from E Walker, letter dated 16 September 1956.

Robertson, A S (1952a) 'Roman coins found in Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.84
Page(s): 142-3

Simpson and Stevenson, A T and S (1980d) Historic Irvine: the archaeological implications of development, Scottish burgh survey series {Glasgow}
Page(s): 16, no.5 Held at RCAHMS C.3.3.BUR