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A great number of rings – for the neck, the arm and the finger have been found in areas of Viking occupation. Owen-Crocker states that she thinks that these rings were a more popular form of adornment for Viking women than the wearing of beads [OWEN-CROCKER 2004: p.165] <br>
It does not appear that the wearing of Neck- and arm-rings continued into the 11th century in Scotland. [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL and & BATEY 1998: p.237]<br>
Gold was mainly found as finger rings due to cost<br>
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===SolidRod===
9th Century southern Scandinavian.<br>
'''Archaeology'''<br>
*Denmark, Illebolle, Langeland, Denmark. [ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992:cat.147]<br>
'''Discussion'''<br>
The spiral ring found along side the neck ring found at Illebolle, Langeland, Denmark proves that these rings could be cut up and then worn on the arm.<br>
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===IntertwinedPlaited===
Thin intertwined metal strands fabricated from (usually two or three) wires of constant thickness. A number of such metal strands are then laid next to each other to form the major motif of the ring.<br>
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===Twisted===
The motif is formed from a single twist of wires. In this case the wires are relatively thick and typically constructed with slowly varying thickness.<br>
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===EmbellishedTwisted===
The motif of thick twisted wires is embellished by a thin wire or a thin twisted wire<br>
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==Arm rings [V]==
All of the styles used as neck rings are also found in a smaller form as arm rings. These are described above under neck rings<br>
===SolidRod===Date:860-1000AD Norway; 950-1000AD Sweden & Denmark; 950-1050AD Gotland.<gallerybr>FileThe earliest find of a rod arm ring is from the Norwegian Hon hoard [SHEEHAN 1992:fig.4] and dated after c.860 [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980:p.143 cat.486]. This type of arm ring does not begin to occur commonly in other parts of Scandinavia until after the middle of the 10th century where it becomes common after 975AD in southern Swedish, Gotlandic and Danish hoards. It remains common in Gotlandic hoards well into the 11th century [SHEEHAN 1992:fig.4]<br><gallery heights=120px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;">R707.jpgFile:R709.jpgFile:R712.jpgFile:R715M602.jpgM610.jpg
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===EmbellishedTwisted===<galleryheights=120px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;">File:R713.jpgR714.jpgM608.jpg</gallery><br> ===Hiberno-Norse – Coiled arm-ring===880-930AD [SHEEHAN 1992: p.47]<br>'''Archaeology'''<br>*Ireland, 26 finds [SHEEHAN 1992]<gallery heights=120px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;"> </gallery><br> ===Hiberno-Norse (Scots-Norse) - Ring Money===950AD to 1065AD<br>possibly originating in Ireland [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL & BATEY 1998]<br>[SHEEHAN & Ó Corráin 2010, p.25]<br><gallery heights=120px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;">File:R714Arm Ring - Skaill (25).JPG</gallery><br> ===Wire===Gold armlet from Virginia, Co. Cavan. British Museum. [BOE 1940: p.104]<gallery heights=120px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;">M609.jpg
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Date: C9th<br>
'''Archaeology'''<br>
* Denmark, Rabylille, Sjaelland. Tree of life [ROESDHAL ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992:cat. 145]* Denmark, Illebolle, Langeland.[ROESDHAL ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992:cat. 147]
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===Danish - Coiled arm-ringBand Shaped===Date<gallery heights=120px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: C9th<brleft;">'''Archaeology'''<br>* Denmark, Illebolle, Langeland. Tree of life [ROESDAHL and WILSON 1992File:catR711. 147]jpg'''Discussion'''<br/gallery>Made from cut up solid neck rings [ROESDAHL and WILSON 1992:cat. 147].<br><gallery>
===Hiberno-Norse – Broad-band===
850-950AD [SHEEHAN 2011:p.94]<br>
Sheehan defines them as consisting of a thick band of silver, decorated with bar-shaped punches, usually with a cross in the expanded central area and again towards the terminals that are usually (but not always) pennanular in shape [SHEEHAN 2011:p.94]. <br>
A total of 350 finds from the British Isles [SHEEHAN 2011:p.94]. Also found in Denmark and Norway [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL & SHEEHAN 1995]<br>
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*Ireland, 140 finds [SHEEHAN 2011]
*England
**Curdale Hoard (c.905-910AD). 127 finds, consisting of 7 complete, 2 in 2 pieces and 118 fragments. [SHEEHAN 2011:p.95]
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*Denmark, Brahesminde, Fyn, Denmark. Silver [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980:cat.227]
*Sweden, Birka. Bronze [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980:cat.228]
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===Hiberno-Norse – Broad-band arm-ringMassive===Hiberno-Viking – 850 to 940AD<br>Also found in Denmark and Norway [GRAHAMgallery heights=120px mode="Packed-CAMPBELL and SHEEHAN 1995]<brhover" style="text-align: left;"><gallery>File:R711R715.jpgFile:R717M597.jpgFile:R718M598.jpg
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===Hiberno-Norse (Scots-Norse) - Ring MoneySpiral===950AD to 1065ADDate: C9th<br>possibly originating Only found in Ireland [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL Denmark and BATEY 1998]<br>[SHEEHAN Gotland and Ó Corráin 2010, p.25]<br><gallery>File:Arm Ring - Skaill (25).JPG</gallery><br> ===Hiberno-Norse – Coiled arm-ring===880-930AD probably imported from the Bulgar state on the central Volga [SHEEHAN ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992: p.47265 cat.147]<br>
'''Archaeology'''<br>
* Denmark, Illebolle, Langeland. Tree of life [ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992:cat. 147]'''Discussion'''</gallerybr>I wonder if these cold have been made from the solid rod style of neck ring?<br>
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===Jet===
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== References ==
{{Ref|Boe 1940}}
{{Ref|Graham-Campbell 1980}}
{{Ref|Graham-Campbell & Sheehan 1995}}
{{Ref|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998}}
{{Ref|Olsen & Bohr 2010}}
{{Ref|Owen-Crocker 2004}}
{{Ref|Roesdahl & Wilson 1992}}
{{Ref|Sheenhan 1992}}
{{Ref|Sheehan 2011}}
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