Find Spot record MAB47319 - FLOURMILL BRAE, ABERDEEN

Coin hoards found during the digging of foundations for a new building near the Flour Mill in 1807.

Coin hoards found during the digging of foundations for a new building near the Flour Mill in 1807. An article appearing in the Aberdeen Chronicle, 18 November 1807, records that a large wooden basin containing silver coins was found 10 feet below the level of the street. The coins were reported to be of Edward I of England and Alexander III of Scotland the former group having been minted in London, York and Canterbury. Unfortunately the article also records that the coins were sold to passers by. If the statement in the Aberdeen Chronicle that the hoard contained groats is correct then it is unlikely that concealment of the hoard occurred before the mid 1350s. Very few groats were struck in England (and none in Scotland) until Edward III introduced them in 1351. A second hoard was found a few days later on almost the same site by workmen digging at the site of Dyer's Hall, this an earthenware jar containing nearly 2000 coins of various reigns and values. They were mainly silver pennies of Edwards I-III and Alexander III, but also reported to include coins of Robert I and II and a testoon of Elizabeth I.

EVANS, DH, 1989, PSAS 119(1988-9) 330-41, p327-8 (Bibliographic reference). SAB456.

DENNISON, E, 1997, HISTORIC ABERDEEN: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT. THE SCOTTISH BURGH SURVEY, pp. 63-4 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4057.

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