Dr. Tom Horne’s blog about Vikings and the Viking Age
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- Weight, what? The Curious Case of a Viking Weight Within a WeightIt’s all got very meta… Viking Bullion Weights I was delighted recently when Gary Johnson told me about a very special Viking bullion weight. Such weights were, almost certainly, designed… Read more: Weight, what? The Curious Case of a Viking Weight Within a Weight
- Viking Silver in Perthshire: Bankfoot BullionYou might visit Perth Museum to see the spectacular display of Pictish carved stones, like the extraordinary St Madoes I pictured below, but there is another early medieval star show… Read more: Viking Silver in Perthshire: Bankfoot Bullion
- Viking Hacksilver Armrings in the Galloway and Cuerdale HoardsGenerally speaking, the Galloway Hoard, deposited in south-west Scotland around AD 900, isn’t considered in the context of its hacksilver bullion content and parallels with the Cuerdale Hoard. Galloway is… Read more: Viking Hacksilver Armrings in the Galloway and Cuerdale Hoards
- A Viking Great Army Veteran in Scotland?The Torksey Database Thanks to the recent Archaeology Data Service release of a visual database for Torksey¹, site of the Viking Great Army overwintering camp of AD 872-73, I’ve been… Read more: A Viking Great Army Veteran in Scotland?
- Viking Economic Networks and Economic SitesThis is a (very slightly) provocative and informal perspective on what we understand as Viking economic networks and economic sites. Rethinking ‘Economic Sites’ In the first instance, I suggest that… Read more: Viking Economic Networks and Economic Sites
- Dirhams in the Irish SeaIn this paper, I’ll focus on the movement of dirhams into Britain and Ireland, discussing the particular – network – mechanisms I suggest govern their distribution. I’ll talk about entry… Read more: Dirhams in the Irish Sea
- The Viking Great Army in Central Scotland?Evidence continues to grow for the presence of the Viking Great Army in what is now central Scotland! Read on to see how two finds on display in Dunblane Museum… Read more: The Viking Great Army in Central Scotland?
- From Central Asia to Viking-Age Scotland!From Central Asia to the Galloway Hoard: This Scandinavian-type annular arm-ring (No. 50) from the Galloway Hoard was almost certainly made from dirham (coin) silver that had reached the Baltic.… Read more: From Central Asia to Viking-Age Scotland!
- The Viking Great Army’s Great Game in Northern BritainIf we think of the Great Army, we tend to think of it in the southern half of Britain. This is, of course, logical, as the vast majority of recorded… Read more: The Viking Great Army’s Great Game in Northern Britain
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Dr Tom Horne, Viking Archaeologist 