History in the balance: a newly-discovered Anglo-Saxon runic inscription from Croy, Highland

Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Maldonado, Adrià¡n
Date published
2023
Abstract
A recent reassessment of the National Museums Scotland’s Viking-age collections revealed a new runic inscription from a previously overlooked scrap of copper alloy. The Croy Hoard is a mixed collection of objects deposited in the late 9th century AD, not far from what is now Inverness Airport. The Hoard was retrieved in two parts, first by a girl planting potatoes around 1875, and then by the farmer the following year. It consists of two silver coins, parts of three silver brooches, a length of silver chain, seven glass or amber beads and the broken beam of a copper alloy balance scale.
Project(s)
The Glenmorangie Research Project into Early Medieval Scotland
Funder
Funder nameAwards
Glenmorangie
Journal title
Archaeology Scotland
Issue
46
Publisher
Archaeology Scotland
Place of publication
Newbattle, Midlothian
ISSN
2041-7039
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