Recorded discovery · Early medieval / Viking Age

Kella Viking Coin Hoard

A late ninth- or early tenth-century silver coin hoard reported in Lezayre in 1750, possibly at Kella.

Also recorded as: Kella hoard; Lezayre 1750 hoard

What the evidence supports

IOMHER treats the Kella attribution as a proposal rather than certainty and cautions that grave goods mentioned in older papers may be separate finds. The map therefore uses a broad interpreted area and preserves the uncertainty instead of presenting a precise pin.

Location and precision

Approximate area · radius 1.2 km. Rounded broad area derived from the IOMHER proposed Kella attribution; the historical location is uncertain.

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.

54.330, -4.480
Rounded broad area derived from the IOMHER proposed Kella attribution; the historical location is uncertain.

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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