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== England ==
 
== England ==
 
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|- valign="top" id="Wakefield"
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|'''Wakefield, Yorkshire'''
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:Found 2008
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:6 Gold items.
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:900's
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:Summary:
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::'' -  ''
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:Publications:
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::{{ListRef|Hammond 2010|p.17}}
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|- valign="top" id="Vale of York"
 
|- valign="top" id="Vale of York"
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|[[File:Vale of York.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Vale of York]]
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|'''Vale of York, Yorkshire'''
 
|'''Vale of York, Yorkshire'''
 
:Found 2007
 
:Found 2007
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::''Frankish silver cup (mid C9th), 1 gold and 5 silver arm rings ''
 
::''Frankish silver cup (mid C9th), 1 gold and 5 silver arm rings ''
 
:Publications:
 
:Publications:
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::{{Ref|Williams 2010}}
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::{{ListRef|Williams 2010}}
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::{{ListRef|Hammond 2010|p.13}}
 
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|- valign="top" id="Shotton Hall"
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|- valign="top" id="Ainsbrook"
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|'''Ainsbrook, Yorkshire'''
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:Found 2007
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:Duel Hoard. Coin and bullion.
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:late 800's
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:Summary:
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::''- ''
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:Publications:
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::{{ListRef|Hammond 2010|p.14}}
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|- valign="top" id="Beeston Tor"
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|'''Beeston Tor Cave, Staffordshire'''
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:Found ?
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:Mixed Hoard
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:c.871-874
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:Summary:
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::''2 silver brooches, a few pieces of gold and 50 silver coins''
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:Publications:
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::{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.32}}
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|'''Shotton Hall, Durham'''
 
|'''Shotton Hall, Durham'''
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:Publications:
 
:Publications:
 
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.3 pp.234-237}}
 
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.3 pp.234-237}}
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::{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.30}}
 
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|- valign="top" id="Halton"
 
|- valign="top" id="Halton"
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|'''Halton, Lancs'''
 
|'''Halton, Lancs'''
 
:Found 1851
 
:Found 1851
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:Mixed silver and gold hoard
 
:c.1025AD
 
:c.1025AD
 
:Summary:
 
:Summary:
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::''Mixed silver and gold hoard''
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::''Silver-gilt cup, 6 pendants of stamped gold, a silver torc, 860 silver coins''
 
:Publications:
 
:Publications:
 
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.4 pp.238-240}}
 
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.4 pp.238-240}}
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::{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|pp.45-46}}
 
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|- valign="top" id="Soberton"
 
|- valign="top" id="Soberton"
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:Publications:
 
:Publications:
 
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.7 p.243}}
 
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.7 p.243}}
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::{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.29}}
 
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|- valign="top" id="The Cuerdale Hoard"
 
|- valign="top" id="The Cuerdale Hoard"
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:Publications:
 
:Publications:
 
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.2 pp.230-233}}
 
::{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2011|no.2 pp.230-233}}
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|- valign="top" id="Trewhiddle"
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|
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|'''Trewhiddle Hoard, Cornwall'''
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:Found 1774
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:Duel Hoard. Coin and bullion.
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:c.870AD
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:Summary:
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::'' ''
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:Publications:
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::{{ListRef|Hammond 2010|p.12}}
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|}
 
|}
 
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== Wales ==
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Other hoards: Mullaghbogen; Co. Kildare; Minchin Hole on the Gower [REDKNAP 2000:p.62]
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|'''High Street, Bangor'''
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:Found ?
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:Coins
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:c.925
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:Summary:
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::''13 coins(Arabic, Anglo-Saxon and Viking) and 2 pieces of hack silver''
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:Publications:
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::{{ListRef|Redknap 2000|p.62}}
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|'''St. Deiniol Monastery, Bangor'''
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:Found ?
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:Coins
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:c.970
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:Summary:
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::'' - ''
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:Publications:
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::{{ListRef|Redknap 2000|p.62}}
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{||- valign="top" id="Llanbedrgoch"
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|'''Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey'''
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:Found ?
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:Bullion
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:c.970
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:Summary:
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::'' silver ingots and arm ring fragments ''
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:Publications:
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::{{ListRef|Redknap 2000|pp.62-63}}
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|- valign="top" id="Red Wharf Bay"
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|'''Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey'''
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:Found ?
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:Penannular silver arm rings
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:c.1900
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:Summary:
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::''5 Penannular silver arm rings''
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:Publications:
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::{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.30}}
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::{{ListRef|Redknap 2000|p.18, 62}}
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== Isle of Man ==
 
== Isle of Man ==
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26 hoards have been found on the Isle of Man [WILSON 2008:p.105]
 
{|
 
{|
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|- valign="top" id="Glenfaba"
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|[[File:Manx Glenfaba Hoard.JPG|thumb|150x150px|left|alt=Glenfaba]]
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|'''Glenfaba'''
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:Found ?
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:Mixed silver hoard
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:c.?
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:Summary:
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::''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.''
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:Publications:
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::Manx Museum Exhibit, visited in 2013.
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|- valign="top" id="Ballaquayle"
 
|- valign="top" id="Ballaquayle"
 
|[[File:Manx Ballaquayle Hoard.JPG|thumb|150x150px|left|alt=Ballaquayle]]
 
|[[File:Manx Ballaquayle Hoard.JPG|thumb|150x150px|left|alt=Ballaquayle]]
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== Scotland ==
 
== Scotland ==
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== Ireland ==
 
== Ireland ==
 
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== Denmark ==
 
== Denmark ==
 
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==References==
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{{Ref|Graham-Campbell 2011}}
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{{Ref|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998}}
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{{Ref|Redknap 2000}}
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{{Ref|Wilson 2008}}
 
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<HarvardReferences />
 
[[Category:Hoards]]
 
[[Category:Hoards]]

Latest revision as of 20:32, 26 December 2016

Select List of Viking Age Hoards

sites

Byzantium
Denmark
Denmark: Hedeby Boat Burial
► Denmark: Hedeby Chamber 5
Denmark: Mammen
England
► England, Berkshire: Reading
► England, Berkshire: Sonning
► England, Cambridgeshire: Wicken Fen
England, Cumbria: Appleby-in-Westmorland
England, Cumbria: Aspatria
► England, Cumbria: Brigham
► England, Cumbria: Carlisle
► England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton
► England, Cumbria: Eaglesfield
► England, Cumbria: Hesket-in-the-Forest
► England, Cumbria: Witherslack
England, Cumbria: Workington
► England, Derbyshire: Ingleby
England, Derbyshire: Repton
► England, Dorset: Weymouth
► England, Essex: Leigh-on-sea
► England, Essex: Saffron Walden
► England, Essex: Waltham Abbey
► England, Essex: Walthamstow
► England, Hampshire: Basingstoke
► England, Lancashire: Blackrod
► England, Lancashire: Claughton Hall
► England, Lancashire: Heysham
► England, Lancashire: Inskip
England, Lancashire: Rampside
England, Lincolnshire, Flixborough
► England, Lincolnshire: Torksey
► England, Norfolk: Gooderstone
► England, Norfolk: Middle Harling
► England, Norfolk: Santon Downham
► England, Norfolk: Sedgeford
► England, Norfolk: Thetford
► England, North Yorkshire: Bedale
► England, North Yorkshire: Kildale
► England, North Yorkshire: Wensley
England, North Yorkshire: York
England, Northumberland: Bedlington
► England, Nottinghamshire: Newark-on-Trent
► England, Nottinghamshire: Nottingham
► England, Oxfordshire: Hook Norton
► England, Oxfordshire: Oxford
► England, South Yorkshire: Adwick-le-Street
England: London
Faroe Islands
France
France: L'Ile de Groix
Germany
Germany: Elisenhof
Germany: Hedeby
Greenland
Iceland
Ireland
Ireland: Dublin
Isle of Man
► Isle of Man, Andreas: Knoc-y-doonee
► Isle of Man, Arbory: Balladoole
► Isle of Man, Ballaugh: Ballaugh
► Isle of Man, Bradden: Old Kirk Braddan
► Isle of Man, German: St John's
► Isle of Man, Jurby: Ballachrink
► Isle of Man, Jurby: Ballateare
► Isle of Man, Jurby: Cronk Moar
► Isle of Man, Jurby: Jurby
► Isle of Man, Lezayre: Cronk yn How
► Isle of Man, Malew: Malew churchyard
► Isle of Man, Maughold: St. Maughold
► Isle of Man, Michael: Kirk Michael
► Isle of Man, Patrick: Ballelby
Isle of Man, Peel: St. Patrick's Isle
Netherlands
Norway
Norway: Gjermundbu
Norway: Gokstad
Norway: Oseberg
Norway: Skjoldehamn
Scotland
Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby
► Scotland, Caithness: Langhills
► Scotland, Caithness: Reay
► Scotland, Highland, Eigg
► Scotland, Orkney, Rousay: Westness
Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall
Sweden
Sweden: Birka
Sweden: Gotland
► Wales, Anglesey: Benllech
► Wales, Flintshire: Talacre
► Wales, Monmouthshire: Caerwent
► Wales, Vale of Glamorgan: St. Mary Hill
  Denmark: Hedeby Boat Burial
  Denmark: Hedeby Chamber 5
  Denmark: Mammen
  England: Repton
  Isle of Man: Pagan Lady of Peel
  Norway: Gjermundbu
  Norway: Gokstad
  Select List of Viking Age Burials
  Select List of Viking Age Hoards
  Select List of Viking Age Settlements
  Viking burials found in England
  Viking burials found in Scotland
  Viking burials found in the Isle of Man
  Viking burials found in Wales



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Select List of Viking Age Hoards
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Select List of Viking Age Hoards

This list is in no way intended to be comprehensive. It only hoards that the authors have read about.

Finds are defined as a hoard if there are two or more items of precious metal found together.

England

Wakefield, Yorkshire
Found 2008
6 Gold items.
900's
Summary:
-
Publications:
Vale of York, Yorkshire
Found 2007
Duel Hoard. Coin and bullion.
c.920AD
Summary:
Frankish silver cup (mid C9th), 1 gold and 5 silver arm rings
Publications:
Ainsbrook, Yorkshire
Found 2007
Duel Hoard. Coin and bullion.
late 800's
Summary:
-
Publications:
Beeston Tor Cave, Staffordshire
Found ?
Mixed Hoard
c.871-874
Summary:
2 silver brooches, a few pieces of gold and 50 silver coins
Publications:
Shotton Hall, Durham
Found 1881
c.?
Summary:
'
Publications:
Lark Hill, Worcs
Excavated 1854
c.1175AD
Summary:
Silver figure ring
Publications:
Goldsborough, North Yorks
Found 1858
Mixed Silver Hoard
c.925AD
Summary:
Mixed Silver Hoard
Publications:
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:
Soberton, Hants
Found 1850
c.1068
Summary:
2 gold finger rings
Publications:
Cuerdale
The Cuerdale Hoard, Lancashire
Found 1840
Duel Hoard. Coin and bullion.
c.898AD
Summary:
over 8,600 items
Publications:
Flusco Pike (no.1), Cumbria
Found 1785, 1830 & 1989
Coinless hoard of penannular brooches
c.?AD
Summary:
coinless hoard of penannular brooches
Publications:
Trewhiddle Hoard, Cornwall
Found 1774
Duel Hoard. Coin and bullion.
c.870AD
Summary:
Publications:

Wales

Other hoards: Mullaghbogen; Co. Kildare; Minchin Hole on the Gower [REDKNAP 2000]:p.62

High Street, Bangor
Found ?
Coins
c.925
Summary:
13 coins(Arabic, Anglo-Saxon and Viking) and 2 pieces of hack silver
Publications:
St. Deiniol Monastery, Bangor
Found ?
Coins
c.970
Summary:
-
Publications:
Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey
Found ?
Bullion
c.970
Summary:
silver ingots and arm ring fragments
Publications:
Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey
Found ?
Penannular silver arm rings
c.1900
Summary:
5 Penannular silver arm rings
Publications:

Isle of Man

26 hoards have been found on the Isle of Man [WILSON 2008]:p.105

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.
Ballaquayle
Ballaquayle, Onchan
Found 1894
Mixed gold and silver hoard
c.?
Summary:
-
Publications:
Ballacamaish
Ballacamaish, Kirk Andreas
Found 1868
Coinless silver hoard
c.?
Summary:
Parts of 4 neck rings and an arm ring
Publications:

Scotland

There are over 30 known hoards from Scotland [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL & BATEY 1998]:p.228.

Unprovenanced
Found before 1851
Coinless silver hoard
c.?
Summary:
-
Publications:
Inch Kenneth, Argyll
Found c.1830
Mixed hoard
c.?
Summary:
-
Publications:
Tiree, Argyll
Found c.1780
Mixed hoard
c.970
Summary:
-
Publications:

Ireland

Unprovenanced
Found in or before 1859
Coinless gold and silver hoard
c.?
Summary:
2 arm rings
Publications:
Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Found in or before 1851
Coinless silver hoard
c.?
Summary:
'
Publications:
Co. Cork
Found in or before 1850
Coinless silver hoard
c.?
Summary:
'
Publications:
Scattery Island, Co. Clare
Found in or before 1836
Coinless silver hoard
c.?
Summary:
2 pseudo-penannular brooches
Publications:

Denmark

File:Terslev.jpg
100x150px
 Terslev, Zealand
Found ?
Duel Hoard. Coin and bullion.
after 944AD
Summary:
Neck and arm rings, Chains, Nordic cups, Persian bowl, 1751 coins (1708 are Arabic)
Publications:
Historisk Viden, Denmark. Website (Link)
File:Duesminde.jpg
100x150px
 Duesminde, Zealand
Found 2002
Duel Hoard. Coin and bullion.
after 950AD
Summary:
Mainly Carolingian (820-870AD) Strap ends, buckles, strap plates
Publications:
Historisk Viden, Denmark. Website (Link)

References
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