Archaeologists have found “compelling” new evidence as to who might have owned a Viking Age hoard of more than 5kg of gold, silver and other treasures.
A newly translated runic inscription has shed light on the Galloway Hoard, considered to be one of the richest collections of Viking-age objects ever found in Britain and Ireland when it was uncovered by a a metal detectorist in Balmaghie, near Kirkcudbright, in 2014.
