Viking brooches go on display at Manx Museum

Discoveries can now be viewed by public

Two Viking brooches – which were uncovered on the Isle of Man - have been put on display at the Manx Museum. 

Manx National Heritage says the highly decorated objects date to around AD 900-950 and are made from bronze with silver wire decoration. 

They were found by metal detectorists, John Crowe and Craig Evans, in 2018. 

Since then they have undergone a specialist conservation process by MNH and conservation specialists at York Archaeological Trust. 

The items were discovered alongside a glass bead and a buckle. 

Sandra Toloczko is the assistant conservator for YAT and said: "Restoring the MNH artefacts has been a process that has used all the key skills of our specialist team here at YAT - revealing the beauty of these unique, delicate objects from conditioning through to careful packaging for transportation to the Isle of Man so that they can be displayed in their full splendour for the public to enjoy."

Speaking about his find Mr Evans said: “John and I knew straight away that our discovery was very special and it’s great to see the brooches cleaned and conserved”. 

Allison Fox is a curator for archaeology at MNH and spoke to Manx Radio:

Vikings arrived on the Isle of Man in the 800s firstly trading and eventually settling here.