Viking brooch found in Longbridge Deverill, 3 miles south of Warminster.

By Victoriaco | Friday, February 12, 2010, 17:07

A Viking brooch discovered in Longbridge Deverill, three miles south of Warminster, has gone on display in Salisbury Museum. The bronze trefoil brooch was discovered at the end of last year by Sidney Boyce from Salisbury using a metal detector.

The Viking brooch found in Longbridge Deverill, three miles south of Warminster.

The find is extremely rare for this part of England. It dates from between 850 and 1050 AD and is in the Viking Borre style, each arm being decorated with a cat-like animal head.

Katie Hinds, finds liaison officer for Wiltshire, said “It is very unusual to find a brooch like this - similar items have been found in East Anglia but they are copies."

Museum Director Adrian Green said “This is in an amazing find. It is the first time that a Viking brooch, made in Scandinavia over one thousand years ago, has been recorded in Wiltshire. How it got here is a mystery. One is tempted to make a link with an attacking Viking army passing through the area, but the truth is probably a little more mundane. There is no reason why this brooch couldn’t have been an unusual souvenir owned by somebody living in the local area."

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How interesting that a viking brooch has been found locally. The area around Warminster has been populated for so many years, there must be many archaeological finds that have been recorded. Does anyone know where you can find out what has been found in our local area? I have seen finds from Cold Kitchen Hill, Brixton Deverill, in Devizes Museum.

By myrtle1 at 18:37 on 18/02/10
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What other buried treasure is there waiting to be dug up?

By Victoriaco at 17:10 on 12/02/10
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