Edward Lhuyd - Tancred Robinson - 1699-12-15

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Edward Lhuyd, Bathgate

Edward Lhuyd - Tancred Robinson - 1699-12-15
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16153
InstitutionName of Institution. London, Royal Society
InventoryInventory number. LBO 14, pp. 293-5
AuthorAuthor of the document. Edward Lhuyd
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Tancred Robinson
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . December 15, 1699
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Bathgate 55° 54' 3.31" N, 3° 38' 29.33" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature. Gunther 1945, pp. 421-3, letter 2141, Burnett 2020b, p. 7282
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Local Finds , Valentinianus , Ireland , Gold
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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'They found several Bones in the Cave, and part of a Stags (or else Elks) head; and some other things, which I omit, because the Labourers differed in their Account of them. A Gold Coyn of the Emperour Valentinian, being found near the top of this Mount, might bespeak it Roman; but that the rude Carving at the Entry and in the Cave seems to denote it a barbarous Monument. So the Coyn proving it ancienter than any Invasion of the Ost-mans or Danes, and the Carving and rude [Structure] sculpture, barbarous; it should follow, that [’twas] it was some place of Sacrifice or Burial of the Ancient Irish. ' (London, Royal Society, LBO 14, pp. 293-5; Gunther 1945, pp. 421-3, letter 214; Burnett 2020b, p. 728; transcription from EMLO)

References

  1. ^  Gunther, R.T. (ed.)(1945) Early Science in Oxford, XIV: Life and Letters of Edward Lhwyd, Oxford.
  2. ^  Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.