{"id":284342,"date":"2025-06-09T20:54:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aerospace\/a-1000-year-old-gold-bracelet-fragment-found-on-a-british-isle-dates-back-to-when-vikings-ruled-the-land\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T20:54:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:54:39","slug":"a-1000-year-old-gold-bracelet-fragment-found-on-a-british-isle-dates-back-to-when-vikings-ruled-the-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=284342","title":{"rendered":"A 1,000 Year-Old Gold Bracelet Fragment Found on a British Isle Dates Back to When Vikings Ruled the Land"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Archaeologists believe the piece was made by a skilled goldsmith and was potentially used as currency<\/h2>\n
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The fragment belongs to a gold arm-ring composed of eight braided gold rods.

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On the Isle of Man<\/a>, a metal detectorist has discovered a squished fragment of a 11th-century Viking treasure: a piece of an intricately woven gold bracelet..<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t really believe it at first,\u201d says Ronald Clucas, the man who found the item, in a statement<\/a> by Manx National Heritage<\/a>, which protects the Isle of Man\u2019s natural and cultural history. \u201cGold generally gives a very low signal on the detector, so you can\u2019t really predict what is going to be uncovered. I\u2019ve been detecting for many years now and found some wonderful things, but to find a piece of gold from the Viking Age, that\u2019s really something else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Located between England and Ireland, the Isle of Man is now a self-governing crown dependency<\/a> of the United Kingdom, but back in 798, it was settled<\/a> by Vikings<\/a>, the seafaring Scandinavian warriors who colonized coastal Europe between the ninth and 11th centuries. The island\u2019s position in the center of the British Isles made it an ideal port from which the Vikings could launch naval attacks and trading ships, according to a Manx National Heritage<\/a> report. They also appreciated its rich farmland.<\/p>\n

Multiple Viking graves have been discovered on the Isle of Man, as well as remnants of Viking architecture. And the Isle\u2019s Manx Museum<\/a> hosts \u201cmany spectacular artifacts,\u201d like Viking tools, weapons, clothing and, now, the newly discovered gold piece.<\/p>\n

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Treasure Island: Viking Gold Discovered on the Isle of Man<\/p>\n

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