What is recorded here
Castle Street in St Andrews, Fife holds a buried coin hoard. The exact period remains unknown, but the jars and vessels beneath the street suggest a moment when someone stopped trusting the open market. Maybe a merchant feared raiding, maybe a family preserved wedding gifts, or maybe a stranger fled suddenly and buried what could not be carried. The coins waited under foottraffic, patient as stone, until human hands opened that hidden chamber again.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Andrews, Castle Street as Coin Hoard (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Places near here
St Andrews, 41 North Castle StreetHouse (18th Century) · 19 yd
St Andrews, 33 North Castle StreetHouse (early 20th Century) · 20 yd
St Andrews, 12 North StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 99 yd
St Andrews, 38 North StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 103 yd
St Andrews CastleBeaker (period Unassigned) · 135 yd
Castle SandsBeach / strand · 139 yd
St Andrews, North StreetInhumation(s) (period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (period Unassigned) · 148 yd
St Andrews Cathedral (Ruins)Heritage attraction · 222 yd
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St Rule's TowerViewpoint · 322 yd
St. Mary on the RockVisitor information · 382 yd
St Andrews Cathedral, Eastern Cemetery, Well HouseWell (medieval), Well House (post Medieval) · 386 ydOther information
Photo: Richard Sutcliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0