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Select List of Viking Age Hoards

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{{MajorRef|Graham-Campbell 2011}}
 
This list is in no way intended to be comprehensive. It only hoards that the authors have read about. <br>
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Finds are defined as a hoard if there are two or more items of precious metal found together.
== England ==
{|
|- valign="top" id="Wakefield"
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|'''Wakefield, Yorkshire'''
:Found 2008
:6 Gold items.
:900's
:Summary:
::'' - ''
:Publications:
::{{ListRef|Hammond 2010|p.17}}
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|- valign="top" id="Vale of York"
|[[File:Vale of York.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Vale of York]]
|'''Vale of York, Yorkshire'''
:Excavated Found 2007
:Duel Hoard. Coin and bullion.
:c.920AD
::''Frankish silver cup (mid C9th), 1 gold and 5 silver arm rings ''
:Publications:
::{{RefListRef|Williams 2010}}::{{ListRef|Hammond 2010|p.13}}<!-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- -->|- valign="top" id="Ainsbrook"||'''Ainsbrook, Yorkshire''':Found 2007:Duel Hoard. Coin and bullion.:late 800's:Summary:::''- '':Publications:::{{ListRef|Hammond 2010|p.14}}<!-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- -->|- valign="top" id="Beeston Tor"||'''Beeston Tor Cave, Staffordshire''':Found ?:Mixed Hoard:c.871-874:Summary:::''2 silver brooches, a few pieces of gold and 50 silver coins'':Publications:::{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.32}}<!-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- -->|- valign="top" id="Shotton Hall"||'''Shotton Hall, Durham''':Found 1881::c.?:Summary:::'''':Publications:::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.6 p.242}}<!-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- -->|- valign="top" id="Lark Hill"||'''Lark Hill, Worcs''':Excavated 1854::c.1175AD:Summary:::''Silver figure ring'':Publications:::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.5 p.241}}<!-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- -->|- valign="top" id="Goldsborough"||'''Goldsborough, North Yorks''':Found 1858:Mixed Silver Hoard:c.925AD:Summary:::''Mixed Silver Hoard'':Publications:::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.3 pp.234-237}}::{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.30}}<!-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- -->|- valign="top" id="Halton"|[[File:BM Halton Moor Cup.JPG|thumb|150x150px|left|alt=Halton]]|'''Halton, Lancs''':Found 1851:Mixed silver and gold hoard:c.1025AD:Summary:::''Silver-gilt cup, 6 pendants of stamped gold, a silver torc, 860 silver coins'':Publications:::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.4 pp.238-240}}::{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|pp.45-46}}<!-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- -->|- valign="top" id="Soberton"||'''Soberton, Hants''':Found 1850::c.1068:Summary:::''2 gold finger rings'':Publications:::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.7 p.243}}::{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.29}}<!-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- -->
|- valign="top" id="The Cuerdale Hoard"
|[[File:Vale of YorkBM Cuerdale Hoard.jpgJPG|thumb|150x150px|left|alt=Vale of YorkCuerdale]]
|'''The Cuerdale Hoard, Lancashire'''
:Excavated Found 1840
:Duel Hoard. Coin and bullion.
:c.898AD
::''over 8,600 items''
:Publications:
::{{RefListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.1}}<!-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- -->|- valign="top" id="Flusco Pike (no.1)"||'''Flusco Pike (no.1), Cumbria''':Found 1785, 1830 & 1989:Coinless hoard of penannular brooches:c.?AD:Summary:::''coinless hoard of penannular brooches'':Publications:::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.2 pp.230-233}}<!-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- -->|- valign="top" id="Trewhiddle"||'''Trewhiddle Hoard, Cornwall''':Found 1774:Duel Hoard. Coin and bullion.:c.870AD:Summary:::'' '':Publications:::{{ListRef|Hammond 2010|p.12}}<!-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- -->
|}
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== Wales ==
Other hoards: Mullaghbogen; Co. Kildare; Minchin Hole on the Gower [REDKNAP 2000:p.62]
{||- valign="top" id="Bangor1"
|
|'''High Street, Bangor'''
:Found ?
:Coins
:c.925
:Summary:
::''13 coins(Arabic, Anglo-Saxon and Viking) and 2 pieces of hack silver''
:Publications:
::{{ListRef|Redknap 2000|p.62}}
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{||- valign="top" id="Bangor2"
|
|'''St. Deiniol Monastery, Bangor'''
:Found ?
:Coins
:c.970
:Summary:
::'' - ''
:Publications:
::{{ListRef|Redknap 2000|p.62}}
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{||- valign="top" id="Llanbedrgoch"
|
|'''Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey'''
:Found ?
:Bullion
:c.970
:Summary:
::'' silver ingots and arm ring fragments ''
:Publications:
::{{ListRef|Redknap 2000|pp.62-63}}
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|- valign="top" id="Red Wharf Bay"
|
|'''Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey'''
:Found ?
:Penannular silver arm rings
:c.1900
:Summary:
::''5 Penannular silver arm rings''
:Publications:
::{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.30}}
::{{ListRef|Redknap 2000|p.18, 62}}
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|}
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== Isle of Man ==
26 hoards have been found on the Isle of Man [WILSON 2008:p.105]
{|
|- valign="top" id="Glenfaba"
|[[File:Manx Glenfaba Hoard.JPG|thumb|150x150px|left|alt=Glenfaba]]
|'''Glenfaba'''
:Found ?
:Mixed silver hoard
:c.?
:Summary:
::''464 coins (326 from Dublin, 79 from England, 58 from the Irish Sea region and 1 Danish imitation of an English coin); 25 silver ingots and 1 broken silver plaited arm band.''
:Publications:
::Manx Museum Exhibit, visited in 2013.
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|- valign="top" id="Ballaquayle"
|[[File:Manx Ballaquayle Hoard.JPG|thumb|150x150px|left|alt=Ballaquayle]]
|'''Ballaquayle, Onchan'''
:Found 1894
:Mixed gold and silver hoard
:c.?
:Summary:
::'' - ''
:Publications:
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.13 pp.250-253}}
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|- valign="top" id="Ballacamaish"
|[[File:Manx Ballacamaish Hoard.JPG|thumb|150x150px|left|alt=Ballacamaish]]
|'''Ballacamaish, Kirk Andreas'''
:Found 1868
:Coinless silver hoard
:c.?
:Summary:
::''Parts of 4 neck rings and an arm ring''
:Publications:
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.12 pp.248-249}}
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|}
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== Scotland ==
There are over 30 known hoards from Scotland [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL & BATEY 1998:p.228].
{|
|- valign="top" id="Unprovenanced"
|
|'''Unprovenanced'''
:Found before 1851
:Coinless silver hoard
:c.?
:Summary:
::'' - ''
:Publications:
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.16 p.256}}
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|- valign="top" id="Inch Kenneth"
|
|'''Inch Kenneth, Argyll'''
:Found c.1830
:Mixed hoard
:c.?
:Summary:
::'' - ''
:Publications:
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.14 p.254}}
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|- valign="top" id="Tiree"
|
|'''Tiree, Argyll'''
:Found c.1780
:Mixed hoard
:c.970
:Summary:
::'' - ''
:Publications:
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.15 p.255}}
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|}
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== Ireland ==
{|
|- valign="top" id="Unprovenanced"
|
|'''Unprovenanced'''
:Found in or before 1859
:Coinless gold and silver hoard
:c.?
:Summary:
::''2 arm rings''
:Publications:
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.11 p.247}}
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|- valign="top" id="Athlone"
|
|'''Athlone, Co. Westmeath'''
:Found in or before 1851
:Coinless silver hoard
:c.?
:Summary:
::''''
:Publications:
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.8 p.244}}
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|- valign="top" id="Cork"
|
|'''Co. Cork'''
:Found in or before 1850
:Coinless silver hoard
:c.?
:Summary:
::''''
:Publications:
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.9 p.245}}
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|- valign="top" id="Scattery Island"
|
|'''Scattery Island, Co. Clare'''
:Found in or before 1836
:Coinless silver hoard
:c.?
:Summary:
::''2 pseudo-penannular brooches''
:Publications:
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.10 p.246}}
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|}
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== Denmark ==
{|
|- valign="top" id="Terslev"
|[[File:Terslev.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Terslev]]
|'''Terslev, Zealand'''
:Excavated Found ?
:Duel Hoard. Coin and bullion.
:after 944AD
|- valign="top" id="Duesminde"
|[[File:Duesminde.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Duesminde]]
|'''Duesminde, Zealand'''
:Excavated Found 2002
:Duel Hoard. Coin and bullion.
:after 950AD
|}
==References==
{{Ref|Graham-Campbell 2011}}
{{Ref|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998}}
{{Ref|Redknap 2000}}
{{Ref|Wilson 2008}}
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