Recorded discovery · Early medieval / Viking Age

Ballaqueeney Hoard

A dispersed tenth-century coin hoard found during gravel removal at the Ballaqueeney keeill graveyard in 1874.

Also recorded as: Find from Ballaqueeney; Ballaqueeney coin hoard

What the evidence supports

IOMHER records more than forty-three coins and fragments, including a rare Erik Bloodaxe penny, with deposition suggested in the 960s. Because the discovery came from a burial and chapel context and no safe public geometry is needed for interpretation, the location is withheld here.

Location and precision

Location withheld. No public geometry: burial-context findspot withheld by this project as a heritage-safety measure.

Why no public geometry is published: The source location is withheld from the deployable dataset.

No coordinates published
No public geometry: burial-context findspot withheld by this project as a heritage-safety measure.

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

Location withheld; Burial site; Protected archaeology

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