“The Galloway Hoard challenges this view and presents a rare opportunity to ask in much more detail about how, and why, people assembled and collected hoards during the Viking age.
“We’ve already discovered a great deal through the conservation work, and people will be able to see that in the forthcoming exhibition.
“However, this research project will enable us to go much further using scientific techniques and international collaboration.”
Susanna Harris, lecturer in archaeology at the University of Glasgow and co-investigator on the project, said as well as the silver familiar with most Viking-age hoards and the much rarer gold, the Galloway collection also features an “unprecedented array” of other materials such as bronze, glass and rock crystal.
Vikings used Britain s earliest silk to preserve their hoards, as experts say material is treasure in its own right
The fragile wrappings rarely ever survive, so this is a unique example of how the Vikings transported their wealth
Vikings used early silk to look after riches such as this
Credit: Geoff Pugh
Vikings used Britain s earliest silk to protect their riches, scientists have found, as they say the wrappings are treasures in their own right .
Scientists have been given a £1 million grant to discover the history of a hoard of Viking wealth found in Dumfries and Galloway.
National Museums Scotland (NMS) will carry out the three-year project, entitled Unwrapping the Galloway Hoard , in partnership with the University of Glasgow to examine the objects in detail.
RESEARCHERS will be able to discover more about the secrets of a Viking-age hoard found in a field after receiving a major grant towards a £1 million project. National Museums Scotland (NMS) will carry out the three-year project, entitled “Unwrapping the Galloway Hoard”, in partnership with the University of Glasgow to examine the objects in detail. The 10th-century treasure trove, which was found by a metal detectorist in a field in Dumfries and Galloway in 2014 and acquired by NMS in 2017, will go on display in an exhibition next year. The research will involve precise dating of the items and, it is hoped, identification of their places of origin, which are thought to range from Ireland to the Byzantine empire and perhaps beyond.
Researchers will have the opportunity to learn more about the secrets of a Viking-age treasure trove thanks to a major £1m grant.
The Unwrapping the Galloway Hoard project will examine in detail 10th century objects found by a metal detectorist in a Dumfries and Galloway field in 2014.
The three-year project will be led by National Museums Scotland (NMS) and in partnership with the University of Glasgow, with the items due to go on display in an exhibition in 2021. Image: A Quartefoil brooch discovered from the hoard
The research will examine the precise dating of the hoard, and hopes to identify the items places of origin - which are thought to range from Ireland, to the Byzantine Empire and beyond.
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