An Outstanding Hoard of Gold Objects Deposited in the Late Saxon Period

2014/09/01 by Sonja Marzinzik · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · #Historical and Archaeological Studies #Medieval Literature and History #Historical Studies of British Isles

paper · doi:10.1179/0076609714z.00000000037

openalex publication_date 2014/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

A HOARD OF FOUR GOLD FINGER-RINGS and other items discovered in West Yorkshire by a metal-detectorist is remarkable for the superb quality of the objects, their occurrence as a group and because some of the rings were probably never worn. Each piece is introduced and discussed against the relevant Anglo-Saxon, continental and Viking background, and a link to 10th-century Danelaw elites is proposed.

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• Kirkoswald hoard [wikipedia]
• West Yorkshire Hoard [wikipedia]

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