Nicked and 'nicked': The Knaresborough gold ring and a possible Viking-redeposited Iron Age hoard from eastern England.

The Knaresborough ring is a unique find. Found in 1994 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, the ring is made from sheet gold and displays many characteristics typical of Iron Age goldwork. However, the form of the ring is not typical of the period and corresponds most closely to Scandinavian-influenced ‘rings’ of the later 9^th and early 10^th centuries.

It is proposed that the ring was derived from an Iron Age hoard, discovered, modified, broken up and re-deposited later, at the time of micel here (Great Army) activities/the Danelaw in the late 9^th/earlier 10^th centuries. The areas of Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have already produced apparently Viking-modified Iron Age goldwork from this period (Machling & Williamson 2018b, 2018c).