Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Viking Ring found in Ireland




Those Vikings got everywhere:
A man who found a dirty piece of metal in a field has discovered he is actually the lucky owner of a silver Viking ring. David Taylor, from County Down, Northern Ireland, discovered a bracelet-shaped object while helping lift stones from a field. His wife thought it was a bull ring and told him to throw it out. A coroner’s court has now found the ring to be treasure trove. Almost 18 months ago, Mr Taylor noticed the strangely-shaped object lying on a stone in his brother-in-law’s freshly ploughed field near Kircubbin on the Ards peninsula.
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