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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.
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.
It appears that Alasdair "Maclain" MacDonald saw trouble coming and stashed away some gold coins under a fireplace. More than 330 years later, Scottish archaeologists...
The coin hoard, pot and lid. Photograph: Gareth Beale
The coins were believed to have belonged to clan chief Alasdair Ruadh ‘Maclain’ MacDonald, who was a victim of Glencoe Massacre.