Remarkable treasures from Iron Age burial of young man set for public display
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A remarkable collection of Iron Age treasures, unearthed alongside the remains of a young man buried nearly 2,000 years ago, is set to go on public display for the first time.
The man, believed to be between 17 and 25 years old, was discovered interred in a stone-lined cist at Marshill in Alloa, with his burial dating from approximately 10-70 AD.
His grave goods included an iron sword, a spear, a bronze cloak pin, a glass bead pendant and bronze and iron rings, with two bronze toe rings suggesting high social standing.
Experts believe the inclusion of weaponry indicates his role as a warrior or how his community wished him to be perceived in the afterlife, making it an exceptionally rare find in Scotland.
These significant artefacts will be a centrepiece of the “Scotland’s First Warriors” exhibition, opening this Saturday at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, running until 16 May next year.
