A 17th century silver Irish coin likely from the reign of with James VI or Charles I. This coin was found within a pot in the fireplace of the structure shown here (https://skfb.ly/oLAJw). 36 were recovered from the pot with coins minted between the late 16th and late 17th centuries from Scotland, England, Ireland, Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, France and the Papal States represented.
This coin could have been brought to Glencoe by MacDonalds serving in conflicts in Ireland. Scots service as mercenaries in Ireland, Scandinavia and the Continent, and in the armies of the Stuarts during the occupation of Ireland, wars with the Cromwellian Commonwealth, and the Williamite Wars, is well evidenced in this period.
The model was produced by Christopher Viney and Conor Fraser of the Museums in the Metaverse Project at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with the Landscapes of Glencoe and Rannoch Team in Archaeology (UofG). The coins will be studied by Jesper Ericcson of the Hunterian Museum (UofG).
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