Unusual Viking necklace found in unusual location in Ireland

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http://www.independent.ie/national-news ... 55054.html

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Why unusual, why rare... there was travel, and trade in those days.......

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[ParthianBow]

"The necklace is the largest Viking necklace to have been found in Ireland. Normally, Viking necklaces that have been found have five to six glass beads, but this has 71 glass beads covered with gold foil." = unusual necklace, compared to other finds.

A leading expert on Irish cave archaeology, Dr Dowd said: "It is really is bizarre how this necklace from a high status Viking came to be in a cave in the Burren. There is no parallel for it in Ireland and it is puzzling on a number of fronts."

"The necklace would have been imported into Ireland from Scandinavia in the late 9th and early 10th century. Small numbers of these beads have been found with Viking burials at Kilmainham, Dublin, but nothing like the number found in Glencurran Cave."

The cave (in the far west of Ireland, miles from anywhere) has not been associated with any Viking finds before = unusual location.

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It looks gorgeous. I wonder how it came to be in a cave? Perhaps there was trouble of some sort and the owner wanted to hide it in a safe place but never returned to retrieve it.

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Or was shipwrecked and decided to stay in the cave for the night....... who knows......

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