H5N1 Viking telephone in addition to slice of aureate Bronze Age jewellery are amid the hidden treasures discovered inwards County Down.
A Viking silvery telephone was discovered nigh Groomsport [Credit: The Irish Gaelic News] |
The hearing yesterday heard that a Viking silvery ring, made from coiled in addition to twisted wire in addition to believed to appointment dorsum to the ninth to tenth century, was constitute nigh Groomsport. Viking rings are rare, amongst simply fifteen such items inwards Ireland, in addition to most made from gold.
Historians believe the absence of a known Viking site inwards the immediate vicinity of the regain suggests the telephone was lost. However, Viking raids were recorded inwards several locations inwards Co Down, including the monastery at Bangor.
The Bronze Age sleeve fastener constitute nigh Scrabo, Newtownards [Credit: The Irish Gaelic News] |
The slice is less than 2cm inwards length in addition to could originally been role of a larger special known equally an 'arm-ring' or bracelet. The special could too convey acted equally a cast of currency.
At Castleaverry, nigh Scrabo on the outskirts of Newtownards, a small-scale special of Bronze Age aureate jewellery was too located.
Known equally a 'sleeve-fastener' in addition to dating to some 800BC, equally far equally the surviving show suggests, it conforms to a designing of unmarried finds of Bronze Age gold.
Author: Suzanne McGonagle | Source: The Irish Gaelic News [September 14, 2018]
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