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16.01.2021
Bedale Hoard The Bedale Treasure is a hoard of forty-eight silver and gold objects from the late 9th to early 10th century AD and includes necklaces, arm bands, sword tops, hacksilver and bullion. It was discovered on 22 May 2012 in a field near Bedale, North Yorkshire on metal searches, and is...
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16.01.2021
Ashdon Hoard Ashdon Hoard is a hoard from the Viking era of coins. It was found in the parish of Ashdon and dates from around 895, the last evidence of a bullion economy in East Anglia. The treasure consists of 71 silver pennies, including 29 pennies of Alfred the Great, 5 pennies of Guthrum, 1...
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13.01.2021
St Ninian's Isle Treasure The St Ninian's Isle Treasure, found on St Ninian's Isle, Scotland in 1958 is the best example of the survival of silver metalwork from the early Middle Ages in Scotland. The treasure of 28 items includes a variety of silver metalwork, including twelve ring brooches. The...
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12.01.2021
Norrie's Law hoard Norrie's Law hoard is a sixth-century silver hoard discovered in 1819 in a small mound in Largo, Fife , Scotland. Discovered by an unknown person or persons, much of the hoard was illegally sold or given away. The rest of the hoard was later found on the mound and given to the...
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11.01.2021
Aberdeenshire hoard During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries many antiquities were discovered and destroyed by processes of agricultural improvement and expansion, and their discovery was often underreported. As a result, although these treasures are often on public display, we know relatively...
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10.01.2021
West Yorkshire Hoard The West Yorkshire Hoard is a precious metal Hoard of six gold objects, including four gold rings and a lead spindle, that was discovered near Leeds , West Yorkshire , in 2008-2009 by a metal prospector. The find was of national and international significance, broadening the...
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09.01.2021
Trewhiddle Hoard On November 8, 1774, miners searching for tin discovered a hoard of 114 Anglo-Saxon coins, along with a silver bowl and other gold and silver objects. The coins, mostly from Mercia and Wessex, indicate that the treasure was hidden, perhaps to protect it from Viking raiders, in about...
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08.01.2021
Staffordshire Hoard The Staffordshire Treasure is the largest Treasure of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found . It consists of more than 3,500 items, totaling 5.1 kg (11 lb) gold , 1.4 kg (3 lb) silver and about 3,500 pieces of cloisonné garnet jewelry. The treasure most likely was...
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07.01.2021
Pentney Hoard The Pentney Treasure is an Anglo-Saxon jewelry treasure discovered in a grave yard in Pentney, Norfolk pogost in 1978 consisting of six silver openwork disc brooches, five made entirely of silver and one consisting of silver and copper alloys. The brooches are decorated in the 9th...
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06.01.2021
Lenborough Hoard The Lenborough Hoard is a hoard of more than 5,000 late Anglo-Saxon silver coins from the eleventh century that was found at Lenborough in Buckinghamshire, England in 2014, believed to be one of the largest hoards of Anglo-Saxon coins ever found in Britain. The treasure was...
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