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Scotish Silver Trove (part1) It's not very often when I run into MORE pictures than I have article to place them with. However, this ancient trove of silver unearthed in Scotland has so many interesting pictures associated with it I will post them in two blogs so you may enjoy them. A team led by Dr Gordon Noble, senior lecturer in the department of archaeology at Aberdeen University, reported the findings in a study published in the journal Antiquity. 'We set out, not really thinking we would find more silver,' Dr Noble said. 'We just wanted to learn more about the context' of the original find. The researchers were surprised when they discovered more than 100 silver items. The finds included late Roman coins and military equipment, personal ornaments including brooch and bracelet fragments, ingots and Hacksilber parcels - pieces of cut, bent and broken silver. Originally, there were also two man-made stone circles, one dating to the Neolithic and the other the Bronze Age (B.C. 1670 to B.C. 1500), the researchers said. Gaulcross is now an intensively-farmed field in rural Aberdeenshire, and there is no evidence left showing the stone circle. |
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6/29/2016 6:11 am |
So many times I end up digging and scrounging for pictures to illustrate an article properly. This was such a surprise.
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6/29/2016 6:12 am |
The many intricate pieces I just could not choose.
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6/29/2016 6:29 pm |
LOL! They must not own any metal detectors!! ... A metal detector is only good for a small depth. IF the area they want to cover might ned 6 inches removed at a time to get down to the layer they want since it has been under cultivation for centuries./
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6/29/2016 9:24 pm |
that is some old stuff
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