No CrossRef data available.
Article contents
The Beeston Tor Hoard
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 January 2012
Extract
The discovery of several coin-hoards including the first issue of King Alfred points to widespread disturbance and consequent insecurity which are easily explained by the Danish menace; and the exploration of Beeston Tor cave by the Rev. G. H. Wilson, of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, confirms this surmise, and at the same time gives a precise date to some jewellery which would otherwise remain conjectural. Incidentally it throws light on a discovery recorded in 1705, and enables an estimate to be made of the stylistic changes of two centuries in English craftsmanship.
- Type
- Research Article
- Information
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1925
References
page 137 note 1 Archaeologia, xliv, 331; V.C.H. Kent, i, 382; Brit. Mus. Anglo-Saxon Guide. p. 95, fig. 116.
page 137 note 2 The back is reproduced in Gibson's Camden, 2nd edition, i, 493.
page 139 note 1 Kongl. Vitterhets Historie och Antiqvitets Akademiens Månadsblad, 10-12 1891, pp. 173, 184.Google Scholar
page 140 note 1 Brit. Mus. Anglo-Saxon Guide, fig. 143.