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Skaill Hoard
25.01.2021
Skaill Hoard
In March 1858, a boy named David Linklater chased a rabbit into its den near St. Peter's Church in Sandvik . Digging at the entrance to the den, he came across several silver coins in the ground. Amazed by the find, the young Linklater soon joined several locals who were waiting...
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Silverdale Hoard
24.01.2021
Silverdale Hoard
The Silverdale Treasure is a collection of more than 200 pieces of silver jewelry and coins discovered near Silverdale, Lancashire, England, in September 2011. The items were deposited together and under a lead container buried about 16 inches (41 cm) underground that was found in the...
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Leominster hoard
23.01.2021
Leominster hoard
The Leominster Hoard is a hoard of coins and jewelry dating to the Viking period found near Leominster, Herefordshire in June 2015. The treasure was discovered by metal detectors George Powell and Leighton Davies near Oak, Herefordshire, near Leominster in 2015. Under the provisions...
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Huxley Hoard
23.01.2021
Huxley Hoard
The Huxley Treasure is a hoard of Viking jewelry from all of 900-910 found buried near Huxley, Cheshire, England. It consists of 21 silver bracelets, one silver ingot, and 39 lead fragments totaling about 1.5 kg (3.3 lb). The bracelets may have been produced by Norse settlers in Dublin...
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Goldsborough Hoard
23.01.2021
Goldsborough Hoard
A treasure trove of Viking silver discovered by workers digging a sewer in 1859 contains 39 coins and Hax silver made from fragments of brooches and armbands. Among the coins were three of Anglo-Saxon origin, one of which was a rare Alfred the Great coinage, and two were pennies from...
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Galloway Hoard
20.01.2021
Galloway Hoard
The Galloway Hoard is a hoard of more than 100 gold and silver items from the Viking Age discovered in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire at Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland in September 2014. Found by the Church of Scotland Church of the Land, the hoard has been described by...
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Furness Hoard
19.01.2021
Furness Hoard
The Furness Hoard is a hoard of Viking silver coins and other artefacts dating to the 9th and 10th Century that was discovered in Furness, Cumbria, England in May 2011 by an unnamed metal detectorist. The exact location of the find, as well as the names of the finder and the landowner,...
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Cuerdale Hoard
18.01.2021
Cuerdale Hoard
The Cuerdale Hoard is a hoard of more than 8,600 items, including silver coins, English and Carolingian jewellery, hacksilver and ingots. It was discovered on 15 May 1840 on the southern bank of a bend of the River Ribble, in an area called Cuerdale near Preston, Lancashire, England....
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Bryn Maelgwyn Hoard
17.01.2021
Bryn Maelgwyn Hoard
A treasure trove of Viking-era silver bullion and coins discovered in Wales has been officially declared a coroner's treasure. The treasure was discovered in March by metal detectorist Walter Hanks in a field in Llandurogs, northwest Wales. Consisting of fewer than 20 coins and...
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Bossall-Flaxton Hoard
16.01.2021
Bossall-Flaxton Hoard
The treasure was discovered in 1807 near the border between Bosal and Flaxton parishes. It consisted of a coin, bullion, and a ring in a lead casket. There were c. 270 Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Viking coins. There was at least one Athelstan coin and several Edward the Elder coins, but...
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