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Find from Kella

Archaeology

A Viking Age silver coin hoard was found in Kirk Lezayre parish in 1750, perhaps at the Kella, as proposed by Dolley. The Atholl Papers in Manx Museum associate the hoard with a grave containing a sword and an axe, but Wilson suggests that these were separate finds. The hoard consisted of thirty-nine coins, described by J. F. Crellin in the 19th century as 'of the Heptarchy', a fortieth, larger coin may have been a Kufic dirham. The hoard is most likely to have been deposited in the late 9th/early 10th century.

Kella, Sulby

Connections

Book Chapters

  • Parish: Lezayre
  • Sheading: Ayre
  • Grid Ref: SC3900095000

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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