Recorded discovery · Viking Age / early medieval

Greeba Mills Viking Gold Ring

A finger-ring made from plaited gold rods, found in a field at Greeba in 1981 and acquired by the Manx Museum.

Also recorded as: Greeba plaited gold finger-ring; Bannf Place gold ring

What the evidence supports

A later trial excavation investigated whether a possible keeill lay nearby. Because the record combines a private field with potentially vulnerable archaeology, neither the IOMHER point nor a broad directional substitute is published.

Location and precision

Location withheld. No public geometry: private-field find with a possible nearby early chapel context.

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

No coordinates published
No public geometry: private-field find with a possible nearby early chapel context.

Access is not implied

Private-field and possible archaeological-site context; no visit or investigation is invited.

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; Historical findspot; Private land; Protected archaeology

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