Vikings on the Ribble: Their Origin and<i>Longphuirt</i>

Lewis, Stephen M.

doi:10.1080/0078172x.2016.1127570

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“…The North West at the start of the Tenth-century has been seen as an intermediary landscape between the Irish Sea and Viking-controlled Dublin, Anglo-Saxon Mercia, and in the Viking administration in York (Higham 1992, Higham 2004, Higham 2006. In 902 AD, Norse Vikings were famously expelled from Dublin, and are presumed to have landed on the western shores and rivers of Cheshire, Lancashire, and Cumbria (Wainwright 1975, Winchester 1985, Higham 1992, Williams 2009, Graham-Campbell 2011, Lewis 2016. A legacy of Scandinavian settlement in the North West is apparent in the decades of the Tenth and Eleventh-centuries, with place names of Scandinavian origin abundant in the region (Roberts 1990, Fellows-Jensen 1989, Griffiths 2004).…”

Section: Linked Kingdoms Of York and Dublinmentioning

confidence: 99%

Moving away from the ritual deposition: hoards from the Viking Age, Least Cost Paths and reused Roman Roads

Visser

2024

PCI Archaeology

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Discussions on Viking Age silver hoards in North West England have been dominated by analysis of the material compositions of the hoards. Despite a multi-century research legacy concerning the material composition of the Viking Age silver hoards, the relationship of the hoards to their transport and depositional locations has been understudied. Past analyses of the hoards' material composition have indicated that some or all of their components were likely transported overland across the Pennines to their depositional points in the North West. The relationship of the hoards to the early medieval overland transport links is studied in this paper with an optimal pathways modelling process in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The modelling process incorporates multiple cost of vertical movement functions to simulate human agency when moving through the landscape, error inherent in the Digital Elevation Model creation process, and preferential movement on re-used Romano-British roads. As a result of this analysis, it is suggested that the median travel time from early medieval period routeways to the hoard deposition points is 16 minutes. Over half of the hoards may have been placed under 25 minutes' walk from the routeways. This finding supports an interpretation that the hoards are concealed deposits intended for retrieval, rather than ritual deposits that were not intended for retrieval.Commented [SL1]: Some substantial grammatical editing needed as often words are missing, or word choice is a little off so it disrupts the flow of argument or obscures meaning. Commented [SL2]:This needs reworking a little bit to better reflect the paper as a whole.Commented [SL3]: Some of this can be moved into background to avoid too much repetition.

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Section: Linked Kingdoms Of York and Dublinmentioning

confidence: 99%