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2 unusual facts about Traprain Law


Hiberno-Roman relations

A hoard of cut up pieces of Late Roman decorated silver plate has been found in Ireland, paralleling finds at Traprain Law in Pictish Scotland, where the silver is usually seen either booty from raids, or a type of protection money to prevent raiding.

Traprain Law

Four coins were discovered with the hoard; one of the emperor Valens, three of Arcadius and one of Honorius, which dates the find to some point in the fifth century AD.


Historical novels by Nigel Tranter set before 1286

When she objects to her pagan father's druidical practices, and refuses to marry the man picked out for her, she survives an 'execution' on Traprain Law and is cast adrift on the River Forth in a Coracle.


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