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Ancient treasures go on display at town museum
A SILVER Viking neck ring and a hoard of medieval pennies are among the archaeological and metal-detecting finds that have gone on display at an East Riding museum.
The treasures and artefacts have been unearthed across the region and are now available for closer inspection at the Treasure House in Beverley.
The Viking neck ring was found at Stamford Bridge, while the pennies were discovered fused together by fire at a site in the village of Huggate.
Other items include a gold memorial ring dating to the time of King James II (1685-89) which is decorated with a skull and inscribed with the words "prepare to follow".
All the items have been bought by East Riding Council's museums service over the last five years.
Visitors will also be given a chance to inspect a medieval processional cross from Thixendale parish church – described as "outstanding" – which was bought by the council in 2007.
Staff at the facility in Champney Road plan to change the display regularly and will also unveil a collection of Roman glass bangles from the Beverley area, the results of an excavation at the Romano-British village at Stamford Bridge, and the Terry Britten metal detecting collection.
The exhibition is in the caf area on the first floor.
The council's museums registrar, Dr David Marchant, said: "We are intending to change this display regularly, to show new additions to the collections, as well as loans from other collections."
The current display will run until the end of the year.
The Treasure House is open from 9.30am to 5pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 9.30am to 8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and from 9am to 4pm on Saturdays.
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