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In 2014, metal detectorists in the Scottish countryside unearthed an extraordinary trove of Viking-era treasures, which came to be known as the Galloway Hoard. Dozens of centuries-old artifacts ...
They could never have imagined that once they started digging, they would uncover a 1,000-year-old hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins and jewels that experts believe were buried by Vikings. This time ...
The Vikings originally came from Scandinavia but settled in Scotland, Ireland, Normandy and northern and eastern England. Why was the hoard buried? Around AD 920 Britain was divided into a ...
Evidence for the Vikings in Wales is sparse, but a hoard of five exquisite silver ... and native Britons is found on the Northern Isles of Scotland. Combs made of antler are commonplace ...
Mary, Queen of Scots' silver gilt casket is on a mini-tour of Scotland. Rosemary Goring tells its tragic story and looks at how its ...
A Viking hoard of gold objects was found in the corner of a ploughed ... He told the Truro inquest that similar fragments had been found in Ireland, Scotland and Northern France. READ MORE: Cornwall ...
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This hoard was buried in the Isle of Man ... The Isle of Man has a larger concentration of Viking silver for its area than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Comments are closed for this ...
A Viking hoard of gold objects was found in the corner of a ploughed cauliflower field in Cornwall by a metal detectorist. The fate of the discovery was made at one of two ‘treasure trove inquests’ ...