The Galloway Hoard, now in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, is a hoard of more than 100 gold, silver, glass, crystal, stone, and earthenware objects from the Viking Age, discovered in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, in September 2014.

The Galloway Hoard was deposited in several groups. The lidded vessel, the arm-ring cluster with gold objects, and a large deposit of hacksilver were all part of the lower level of the hoard – the objects that went into the ground first. Above these was a smaller, upper or ‘decoy’ deposit of hacksilver, including the pectoral cross. ...

The Galloway Hoard is an exceptional treasure, discovered in 2014 by metal detectorists at Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire. It contains over 5kg of silver, gold and other materials dating to c AD 900. The careful way it was buried helped preserve incredibly rare organic materials such as silk and other textiles.

7 hours ago · Since its discovery in 2014 in Galloway, there have been a number of theories. A team at National Museums Scotland (NMS) which has been studying the hoard has translated a rune as: "This is the ...

7 hours ago · The new translation was revealed as items from the Galloway Hoard, regarded as one of the UK's most important archaeological finds this century, began an international tour starting in Adelaide in ...

12 hours ago · A newly translated runic inscription has shed “compelling” new light on who might have owned the Galloway Hoard, experts have announced. The Viking Age hoard, which contains more than 5kg of ...

7 hours ago · Since its discovery in 2014 in Galloway, there have been a number of theories. A team at National Museums Scotland (NMS) which has been studying the hoard has translated a rune as: "This is the ...

20 hours ago · However, a new theory proposed by the team at National Museums Scotland who have been studying the hoard runs, in translation, “this is the community’s wealth/property”. Martin Goldberg from National Museums Scotland said: “This is another really interesting and significant development in our understanding of the Galloway Hoard.

The Galloway Hoard is the richest collection of rare and unique Viking-age objects ever found in Britain or Ireland. Nothing like this has ever been found in Scotland . . . research so far is pointing to a new understanding of Scotland in the international context of the earliest Viking Age.

9 hours ago · The new finding comes at the conclusion of a three-year research project called Unwrapping the Galloway Hoard, which was supported by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).