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Galloway Hoard

Near Kirkcudbright, Galloway

A Viking-age treasure, wrapped in silk and buried for 1,000 years.

In 2014 detectorist Derek McLennan found the Galloway Hoard. It held over 100 objects of silver, gold and crystal, some still wrapped in silk and other textiles.

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When
Found 2014
Where
54.9800, -4.0000
Group
Lost treasure

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The hoard is held by the National Museum of Scotland.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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