More Aestels | |
The Warminster
Jewel, found in Warminster, Wiltshire: now in the Salisbury Museum.
White rock crystal with gold filigree strips and a stone of blue glass
in the centre. |
The Minster
Lovell Jewel, found in Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire. A round disc of gold
with a patterned enamel plaque. Now in the Ashmolean Museum. |
The Bowleaze
Jewel, found at Bowleaze Cove, Dorset. Gold, with a blue stone of glass
in the centre. Now in the British Museum. |
The Borg Aestel was found in the ruins of a Viking Chieftan’s hall at Borg, Loften Islands, Norway. It is generally thought to have been looted from England during a Viking raid. Now in the Lofotr Viking Museum at Borg. |
The Yorkshire Aestel, found in Aughton, Yorkshire. An animal head with blue eyes, one missing. Privately owned. |
The Bidford
bobble. Smaller than other aestels, found in Bidford-on-Avon in
Warwickshire.
Now at the
Warwickshire museum. |
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