List of hoards in the Isle of Man

The list of hoards in the Isle of Man comprises significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, precious and scrap metal objects and other valuable items discovered in the Isle of Man. It includes both hoards that were buried with the intention of retrieval at a later date (personal hoards, founder's hoards, merchant's hoards, and hoards of loot), and also hoards of votive offerings which were not intended to be recovered at a later date, but excludes grave goods and single items found in isolation. The list is subdivided into sections according to archaeological and historical periods.

Viking hoards

From the 9th to the 13th centuries the Isle of Man was part of the Viking-ruled Kingdom of the Isles, and several significant hoards from this period have been found on the Isle of Man. Viking hoards generally comprise a mixture of silver coins, silver jewellery and hacksilver that has been taken in loot.

Hoard	Image	Date	Place of discovery	Year of discovery	Current Location	Contents
Ballacamaish Hoard		10th century	Ballacamaish, Andreas, Isle of Man Isle of Man 54.1367°N 4.444°W	1870	British Museum, London	1 silver armlet 2 silver neck rings 1 silver finger ring [1]
Ballaquayle Hoard		late 10th century	Ballaquayle, Douglas Isle of Man 54.148°N 4.475°W	1894	Manx Museum, Douglas British Museum, London	1 silver neck ring 1 gold arm ring 13 silver armlets 1 silver finger ring 2 silver thistle-headed brooch pins 78 Anglo-Saxon silver coins[2][3]
Garff Hoard		10th century	Garff Isle of Man 54.25°N 4.40°W	2016	Manx Museum, Douglas	14 pieces of silver arm rings[4]
Glenfaba Hoard		early 11th century	Glenfaba Isle of Man 54.213°N 4.660°W	2003	Manx Museum, Douglas	464 coins, 25 ingots and a broken armlet[5]

Later Medieval hoards

Hoards dating to the later medieval period, from 1066 to about 1500, mostly comprise silver pennies.

Hoard	Image	Date	Place of discovery	Year of discovery	Current Location	Contents
Ballaslig Coin Hoard		early 14th century	Ballaslig Isle of Man 54.135°N 4.514°W	1978	Manx Museum, Douglas	over 200 coins (mostly English sterling silver pennies)[6]

See also

• List of hoards in Great Britain
• List of hoards in Ireland
• List of hoards in the Channel Islands
• List of metal detecting finds

Notes

Footnotes

1. British Museum collection
2. British Museum collection
3. Shetelig, Haakon (1940). Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland. 4. H. Aschehoug. pp. 51–53.
4. "'Significant' Viking hoard unearthed on Isle of Man". BBC News. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
5. Prudames, David (3 August 2003). "Huge Hoard Of Viking-Age Silver Unearthed On The Isle Of Man". Culture24. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
6. "Ballaslig Coin Hoard". Manx National Heritage. Retrieved 18 July 2010.