Overview
- The grave was uncovered in 2003 by archaeologist Susan Mills at Marshill in Alloa and contains the remains of a young man dated to roughly 10–70 AD.
- He was buried with an iron sword still in its leather scabbard placed across his chest, a spear, a bronze cloak pin, a glass bead pendant, bronze and iron belt rings, and two bronze toe rings.
- Specialists at the National Museums Collection Centre completed research and conservation on the assemblage and the objects are on loan from the Treasure Trove Unit for display.
- The National Museum of Scotland opens the free 'Scotland’s First Warriors' exhibition on Saturday, June 27, with the Marshill material as a centrepiece and the show running until 16 May next year.
- Curators say the find is exceptionally rare for Scotland and that the weapons and sandals-like toe rings point to elite or warrior identity, a framing that could reshape study of rank and organised conflict in the Iron Age.