Casting a replica of the Balmaclellan Mirror
Galloway Glens supported a Glenkens Men’s Shed project to make a replica of the famous Balmaclellan Mirror.
The event on the 22nd August 2021, took place in the Smiddy car park in Balmaclellan and the casting was carried out by the Mobile Foundry. See the process in the images below.
Copy of the Balmaclellan Mirror made by the Mobile Foundry. Source: Mobile Foundry's Facebook page.
“A bronze circular mirror, 13” long including the handle, a crescent-shaped, ornamented bronze plate, and various other pieces of bronze plates, (dated to the 1st century AD (Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum 1951)) were found in three parcels, wrapped in Romano-British cloth in a bog within 1/2 mile of Balmaclellan manse. They were found close by a quern stone when drains were being dug, and were given to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1861 (FA 1-14, BB 7).”
