Viking and Anglo-Saxon rarities to stay in Yorkshire as museum buys "incredible" Bedale Hoard
Found by a metal detectorist on a little-known swathe of Viking Yorkshire in May 2012, the Bedale Hoard – including an inlaid gold sword pommel and a never-seen-before silver neck ring and neck collar – will go on public display at the Yorkshire Museum after being bought for £52,000 following a successful fundraising campaign.
An Anglo-Saxon sword is believed to be the original source of the large gold pommel, cast in iron, inlaid with plaques of gold foil and bearing Trewhiddle-style animal decorations, named after a hoard found in a town in Cornwall and exemplifying a style used in 9th century England.
Its use on gold is rare. Four oval ring mounts, made from gold and animalistically adorned again, feature six tiny, dome-headed gold rivets. Read more.