![]() ![]() There is plenty of archaeological evidence revealing the extent of Viking Dublin´s activities as a manufacturing and trading centre 12.Īn analysis of the grave-goods found with burials in the Dublin area demonstrates a “surprisingly high proportion of grave-goods associated with trading 13 ”.Weights and scales excavated at Kilmainham and Islandbridge seem to be indicators for trading. Moreover, the large amounts of silver entering indigenous Ireland strongly indicates the important role of trading. Nowadays, upwards of 120 Viking-age coin, silver and gold hoards are known from Ireland 14. This clearly represents the wealth of the Vikings in Ireland and was fostered by the establishment of the towns. In the Irish settlement of Glasnevin, just north of Viking Dublin, a mixed hoard of circa 927 contained coins with Arabic inscriptions indicating trade with countries from the Middle East. ![]() Further numismatic evidence also proves plentiful links with England, for example with Chester until 975 and later between Dublin and Bristol, also indicated by the discovery of Late Anglo-Saxon cooking pots which probably reached Dublin during the tenth century 15. Further links existed with Anglo-Scandinavian York from where raw jet from Whitby and possibly amber from the North Sea beaches were imported and used for manufacturing 16.īefore the year 997, when the settlers from the north had established a mint in Dublin and the first coins were minted under the Norse king Sitriuc III., all coins had to be imported 17.
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