Drinking & Blowing Horns

Drinking & Blowing Horns
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The following list of horn mounts and terminals is not intended to be exhaustive and merely reflects our attempt to categorise by region horn mounts discovered from the Viking Age. Additional finds and possible category changes are likely as our research continues.

Early to Mid Anglo-Saxon C6th-C8th

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Archaeology

• England
  • Taplow. Late C6th. Pair of drinking horns
  • Sutton Hoo. Early C7th. Pair of drinking horns

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Early European C5th-C9th

• Denmank
  • Gallehus Horns. Found in Denmark in 1639. Gold drinking vessels in the shape of auroch horns.

Irish Animal headed C7th-C9th

Found in Ireland and Norway
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Archaeology

• Ireland
  • Lismore, County Waterford. British Museum
  • Ashmolean Museum

• Norway
  • Austratt, Rog. [Petersen 1940:p.? no.48]
  • Vinjum, Aurland. [Petersen 1940:p.? no.74]
  • Voll, Ranem. [Petersen 1940:p.71 no.97 fig.79]
  • Varoy, Naeroy. [Petersen 1940:p.72, 73 no.100 fig.81]

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Other shaped mountings C8th

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Archaeology

• Ireland
• Norway
  • Lund. [Petersen 1940:p.169 no.1]
  • Gjonnes. [Petersen 1940:p.169 no.2 fig.136a-136b]
  • Rokleiv. [Petersen 1940:p.169 no.3]
  • Gausel. [Petersen 1940:p.169 no.4 fig.137]
  • Bryn. [Petersen 1940:p.170 no.5]
  • Hyrt. [Petersen 1940:p.170 no.6 fig.138]
  • Hove. [Petersen 1940:p.170 no.7]
  • Huseby. [Petersen 1940:p.171 no.8]
  • Ryem. [Petersen 1940:p.171 no.9]
  • Island. [Petersen 1940:p.171 no.10]
  • Fasteraunet. [Petersen 1940:p.171 no.11]

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