To be fair, Tolkien had an Icelandic nanny who taught him a lot of the Icelandic/Nordic myths and folk tales, which may have been an influence on his writings - so it seems only appropriate that we mention Mordor in relation to the Icelandic volcanoes.

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/iceland/articles/how-icelandic-norse-mythology-influenced-tolkien/

But that's a "Border Tartan" (two colours, undyed) rather than a "Scottish Tartan" (multiple colours, dyed) which is the distinction they are making.

It could have been much worse.

>The design seems to be mirriored like a playing card

I assumed that was because it's a King from a set of playing cards.

Killing spree!

And related to the play The King In Yellow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_in_Yellow

His head was on a spike atop Westminster Hall until it got blown down in a storm. It was eventually buried in Cambridge in 1960.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell%27s_head

He was thought to have had terminal cancer, but it turned out to be an extremely rare kind that could be treated.

According to the Treasure Act 1996 this ring would be classified as treasure, and thus the finder would be compelled to first offer it for sale to a museum ("that belongs in a museum"). Only if no museum wants to buy it can it go on general sale.

This ring would fall under the definition:

>Any individual (non-coin) find that is at least 300 years old and contains at least 10% gold or silver.

None of this is mentioned in the article, which makes me think some information is missing... It's possible that no musem wanted to buy it at £40K.