Silverdale Hoard, Museum of Lancashire, Preston

Silverdale Hoard, Museum of Lancashire, Preston
Silverdale Hoard, Museum of Lancashire, Preston
Silverdale Hoard, Museum of Lancashire, Preston
iBase ID
241352
Reference identifier
ZEC20140303031
Title
Silverdale Hoard, Museum of Lancashire, Preston
Place
Preston
General notes
The Silverdale Viking hoard was almost completely held in the lead pouch seen in this photograph. When the metal detectorist caught the signal and started digging he thought he had hit a lump of lead. As he lifted it out of the soil silver objects started to fall from it. What a discovery! The survival of the lead container is a real rarity. Here it can be seen with lots of chopped up bars (ingots) of silver that would have been used as bullion or currency. These are known as hacksilver. LANMS.2013.32.198 This spectacular collection of Viking silver was discovered in mid September 2011. It is one of the largest collection of Viking silver found to date and was unearthed by a keen metal detectorist near to the village of Silverdale in North Lancashire. The hoard is believed to have been deposited at approximately the same time as the Cuerdale Hoard, circa 905 AD. The Silverdale Hoard was purchased by Lancashire County Council and displayed at Lancaster City Museum, the Museum of Lancashire and the British Museum. Since then it has undergone careful conservation. These images were taken at Lancaster and Preston in 2013-14 before the conservation work took place.
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