Isle of Man Viking Hoard Declared Treasure: Dated to Around AD 900, On Display at Manx Museum From November 11
A group of Viking objects more than 1,100 years old has been formally recognised on the Isle of Man. A collection found by metal detectorist Daniel Crowe has been declared treasure by the Isle of Man Coroner for Inquests, with a selection going on public display in the Viking Gallery at the Manx Museum from November 11.
The objects date to around AD 900 and are believed to come from a double Viking burial. They include an elaborately decorated sword, rare female burial jewellery, intricately decorated Viking trading weights, a bronze ladle and an axehead.
Two oval brooches carry intricate patterns of interlocking animals, a type typically worn by women. According to Allison Fox, curator for archaeology at Manx National Heritage, only one other pair has been found on the island, and the new pair could be about 50 years older, potentially evidence of the earliest known female Viking Age burial on the Isle of Man.
The sword is the thirteenth Viking sword found on the island, with about two thirds surviving, including hilt decoration with fine silver inlay revealed by X-ray analysis. Fox said the presence of jewellery typically associated with women alongside a sword raises the possibility of a double burial, while the weights provide evidence of trade connections across the Irish Sea.
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Photo: 图：位于道格拉斯的马恩博物馆建筑外景，石墙与入口清晰可见。 GSM一线记者 Jeniffer Lin。Otter 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons / Photo: Isle of Man - Douglas - Kingswood Grove - Manx Museum 20240219 addition from 1989. By Otter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
