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Ballacamaish Hoard
Archaeology
The Ballacamish Hoard is a Viking age find of a silver armlet and neck-rings, found by labourers digging in a marl pit at Ballacamaish in 1868. The original pieces are kept in the British Museum, which bought them in 1870.
The silver neckring was made of four plaited wires with a hooked, triangular terminal punched with circles. The terminal was detached from the rest of the ring. A fragment of a second neck-ring was also found, also made from four pairs of twisted rods. The penannular silver arm-ring was made from three twisted rods, with truncated, knob-shaped terminals.
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- Parish: Andreas
- Sheading: Ayre
- Grid Ref: NX3877000570
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record