Recorded discovery · Early medieval / Viking Age

Ballaberna Coin Hoard

A Hiberno-Norse silver coin hoard found near Ballaberna in 1834.

Also recorded as: Ballaberna Viking hoard

What the evidence supports

IOMHER dates concealment to the end of the 1040s and notes that most of the assemblage was dispersed. The record is distinct from the Park Llewellyn hoard found the following year, despite older accounts sometimes combining them.

Location and precision

Approximate area · radius 900 m. Rounded locality derived from the IOMHER historic find record; no precise private findspot is published here.

Why this public geometry is safe: The historical findspot has been rounded to the stated uncertainty and does not imply access or a searchable target.

54.290, -4.360
Rounded locality derived from the IOMHER historic find record; no precise private findspot is published here.

Access is not implied

Historical findspot only; no public access is implied. Do not enter private land, disturb the ground or treat this record as a search target.

Legal note

On the Isle of Man, metal-detector use in a protected area requires written Manx National Heritage consent, and digging or excavation on any land to search for archaeological objects requires an MNH licence. Landowner permission alone is not enough.

Read the primary-source legal guide.

Sensitivity note

Historical findspot; Private land

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