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Archaeologists in Scotland have discovered a rare pot of coins in the fireplace of Alasdair "Maclain" MacDonald, the massacred chief of the MacDonald clan.

The 17th Century coins were found hidden beneath a fireplace at the site of a ruined house.

Archaeology student Lucy Ankers discovered the 17th-century hoard of 36 coins under a grand stone fireplace during a dig

Experts uncover 17th-century coins at site linked with clan chief Alasdair Ruadh ‘Maclain’ MacDonald

The coins were believed to have belonged to clan chief Alasdair Ruadh ‘Maclain’ MacDonald, who was a victim of the Glencoe Massacre

Savile is believed to have assaulted up to 20 of his roughly 500 victims in the Glencoe property, Allt-na-Reigh, which is yet to be demolished or lived in since his death on October 29, 2011.

A hoard of coins believed to have belonged to a clan chief who was murdered in the Glencoe Massacre have been discovered under a fireplace.

Archaeologists have found a 17th-century hoard of coins in a house in Glencoe that offers a snapshot of one of the darkest days in Scottish history.

Musket, a gun flint and a powder measure, as well as pottery from across Europe are also discovered at a site linked to Alasdair Ruadh "Maclain" MacDonald of Glencoe and whoever buried the coins may have been killed, as they did not return for them.

A trove of coins thought to belong to a Scottish clan chief who was killed in the infamous Glencoe massacre has been found in a fireplace.