The Find
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| Originally published | 2010 |
| Authors | Kathy Page |
| Genres | Fiction |
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| ID | 2927103 |
About The Find
Anna Silowski, highly educated, driven and successful, works as a curator in a prestigious palaeontological museum; Scott Macleod dropped out of school, has a confused relationship with his Native roots, and an alcoholic father in tow. . . .
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... The Find is made up of two pennies, three cut halfpennies and two cut quarters of pennies from Stephen s reign, as well as two cut quarters of short cross pennies from Henry II and Henry III s reigns...
Coin hoard could be linked to 1692's Glencoe Massacre
... Lucy Ankers was on her first dig when she made The Find...
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... The Find joins more than 6,000 roman coins the British Museum has recorded as being found in Buckinghamshire...
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... Mr Ulliott said The Find was " really exciting" adding he had previously only found " the odd Roman and medieval coin"...
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... They described The Find as important...
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... The teenager s dad, Jason, said his son was " over the moon" with The Find and knew the second he saw it " it was something"...
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... Scholars say The Find is " remarkable" and could provide insight into the English author s mental health and writing process...
Coin hoard could be linked to 1692's Glencoe Massacre
Coins found under a fireplace may have been hidden there by a victim of The Infamous Massacre of Glencoe, according to archaeologists.
Almost 40 members of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed in February 1692 by soldiers acting on the orders of The British government.
A student discovered The Money at The Site of A House linked to The Clan 's chief.
Lucy Ankers was on her first dig when she made The Find .
The 36 coins were inside a pot which had a small round pebble as a lid and had been placed beneath a hearth stone slab in the fireplace.
The Discovery was made in August during an excavation at The Site of the ruined house, led by archaeologists from the University of Glasgow.
The property was associated with clan chief Alasdair Ruadh " MacIain" MacDonald of Glencoe.
He was among the estimated 38 people killed in The Massacre .
Ms Ankers said: " As a first experience of a dig, Glencoe was amazing.
" The Two Weeks I spent digging solidified that I want to pursue a career within archaeology. "
She added: " I wasn't expecting such an exciting find As One of my firsts, and I don't think I will ever beat The Feeling of seeing the coins peeking out of The Dirt in the pot. "
The MacDonalds were targeted because of their support for The Exiled King James VII of Scotland and II of England.
The Clan backed The Restoration of the Stuart dynasty to The British throne and had taken part in The First Jacobite Rising of 1689.
In late January 1692, about 120 soldiers from The Earl of Argyll's Regiment of Foot arrived in Glencoe from Invergarry led by Capt Robert Campbell of Glen Lyon .
The troops were billeted with members of The Clan , before turning on their hosts on 13 February.
Some People tried to escape in a snow blizzard to nearby glens, including Gleann Leac-na-muidhe, where the coin hoard was found.
The University of Glasgow has suggested A Number of reasons why The Money could be connected to The Massacre .
None of the coins were minted after the 1680s, which has led archaeologists to suggest they were most likely deposited under the fireplace either just before or during the killings for safekeeping.
The archaeologists also said whoever buried the coins did not return for them, possibly indicating they were among The Victims of The Massacre .
Dr Michael Given , a co-director of the archaeological project in Glencoe, said: " These exciting finds give us a rare glimpse of a single, dramatic event.
" Here's what seems an ordinary rural house, but it has a grand fireplace, impressive floor slabs, and exotic pottery imported from the Netherlands and Germany.
" And they've gathered up an amazing collection of coins in a little pot and buried them under the fireplace. "
Dr Given added: " It's a real privilege, as archaeologists, to hold in our hands these objects that were so much part of people's lives in The Past . "
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