The Duddingston Loch Hoard, currently held by National Museums Scotland (NMS), comprises Late Bronze Age weapons and other objects which were found in Duddingston Loch in Edinburgh when workers were dredging for marl in 1778.
The bronze objects were found along with human bones and animal horns.
The hoard was originally dispersed between King George III, Sir Alexander Dick, who owned the loch, Sir Walter Scott, and the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (now NMS).
The donation to the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland included spearheads, swords, a rapier, and a bucket handle.
[3] A Scottish parallel for the treatment of the metalwork at Duddingston Loch is found in the Peelhill Hoard from South Lanarkshire, in the collections of Glasgow Museums.