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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 255155, member: 6370&quot;]<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6895653.stm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6895653.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6895653.stm</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In Scotland it has always been thought the Western Isles were beyond the reach of the Roman Empire.&quot; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Archaeologists believe the pieces of copper alloy date from the middle of the 4th Century.&nbsp; They were found in a sand dune, but the location in the Uists has been kept secret to protect the site. Archaeologists said it was a &quot;lucky find&quot; as the coins were at risk of vanishing in a high tide. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just seven other Roman coins have previously been found on the isles. </p><p>A Roman brooch and pieces of pottery have also been uncovered in the past. </p><p>Kate Macdonald, an archaeologist who has lived on the isles for three-and-a-half years, said the new find was exciting. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>She said: &quot;It is very unusual to find two coins very close together on a stretch of beach on the Western Isles. &quot;A whole seven others have been found - six of those on North Uist - which indicates something quite special was happening at that time.&quot; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think this is not a amazing as it seems, certain the coins coin have been carried there by scotish tribes through trade...but still very cool where these pop up[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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