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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| BRONZE GOBLET FOUND HEREABOUTS [Loanhead] | Bronze Goblet found hereabouts Bronze Goblet found hereabouts |
Archibald French Samuel Paton |
039.15 | "A bronze jug or goblet was found on the farm of Loanhead in this parish near the line of the Roman Road which is here again known as Watling Street and indicated by the use of the word Loan". (On the ancient camps of the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire by G. V. Irving Esqr.) |
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[page] 29Lanarkshire -- Lamington and Wandel Parish
There is an drawing of a jug/goblet on the page.
Also written on the page across columns 2-5:- This goblet is in the possession of Adam Sim Esq. of Coulter Mains, it is made of bronze metal and the formation is circular, and gibbous near the bottom, from which it tapers to the top, or mouth, its capacity will be about a quart; the exact place where it was found is not known, as the person who found it is dead, he was a weaver, and Mr French says that it was found by the weaver when following a ploughman on the Harrygill Brae, the ploughman did not observe it, and the weaver did not draw his attention to it, but followed him to the end of the field and told him it was 6 o'clock and time to go home, which he did, and the weaver loitered about and took the goblet.
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