Iron Age coin found at Alcocks Arbour

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Findspot - Iron Age coins were found at Alcock's Arbour.

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Notes about this historic site

1 1967-74: Coins found at Alcocks Arbour were reported to Birmingham Museum. These included a Celtic (Coritani – South Ferriby type) coin.
2 Description of coin.

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Locations
Haselor (75)
Subjects
Objects and Finds (2468)
Time periods
Iron Age - 800 BC - 42 AD (432)
Alternative reference number
MWA5209

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    Another name for Alcock’s Arbour is the Devil’s Bag of Nuts. According to legend, the Devil had been out gathering nuts on the Devil’s Nutting Day (21st September). However when he had finished, he encountered the Virgin Mary. One story says that he was so astonished that he dropped the nuts. The other story said that she commanded him to. Anyway the dropped bag of nuts then became the hill.
    Sources: “Folklore of Warwickshire” by Roy Palmer
    “Haunted Warwickshire” by Meg Elizabeth Atkins
    “Folk Lore in Shakespeare Land” by J Harvey Bloom

    By Gary Stocker (23/02/2021)

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