Norrie's Law Hoard | |
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Material | Silver |
Created | c.500 - 600 AD |
Discovered | c.1819 Upper Largo, Scotland 56°15′19″N 2°57′08″W / 56.2553°N 2.9522°W[1] |
Present location | National Museum of Scotland |
Norrie's Law hoard is a sixth century silver hoard discovered in 1819 at a small mound in Largo, Fife, Scotland. Found by an unknown person or persons, most of the hoard was illegally sold or given away, and has disappeared. Remaining items of the hoard were found later at the mound, and were turned over to the landowner, General Philip Durham. The surviving 170 pieces from the hoard are now in the National Museum of Scotland. The treasure consists mostly of hacksilver and includes four complete silver pieces. Both Roman and much rarer Pictish objects are among the survivals.