Auchenskeoch
Goblet (Roman), Patera (Roman), Plate(S) (Roman)
Site Name Auchenskeoch
Classification Goblet (Roman), Patera (Roman), Plate(S) (Roman)
Canmore ID 46386
Site Number NS80SW 4
NGR NS 840 001
NGR Description NS c.840 001
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46386
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Durisdeer
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NS80SW 4 c. 840 001.
A bronze patera, tinned inside, measuring 6 1/2" across and 4" deep, with a short straight handle, was ploughed up on Auchenskeoch farm (NS 8401 0011). Two goblets and two bronze plates, said to have accompanied the find, were destroyed.
The patera was in Thornhill Museum, but has been transferred to Dumfries Museum.
G F Black 1894; J Curle 1932; J Williams 1965
2nd. century A.D.
A S Robertson 1970