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Andy B
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|  New Message Posted!2011-12-06 19:58
(not from metal detecting but some very interesting bronze finds, see the link below for a photo)
Bronze Age treasure discovered at hospice site
Archaeologists have unearthed Bronze Age treasure during a dig at the site of a planned new hospice in Gorleston.
Six items were discovered in what is believed to be an ancient boundary ditch at the East Coast Hospice site on Sidegate Road, near Beacon Park.
The team from Hertfordshire-based Archaeological Solutions found two quoit-headed pins about 35cm long, two large decorated twisted torques 18cm diameter and two small torques.
The company was asked to carry out an archaeological survey ahead of the submission of a formal planning application for the new hospice serving the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area.
The finds are believed to date from the middle Bronze Age, making them about 3,500 years old, and have now been registered as treasure.
The discoveries were made late in the survey after the earlier confirmation of the existence of an Iron Age ring ditch marking the possible burial of an important person close to what will become the entrance to the hospice.
East Coast Hospice chairman David Nettleship said the site was believed to be of archaeological interest as circular crop marks could be seen in aerial photographs.
He said the charity now hopes to undertake a full investigation of both areas before building work begins involving local archaeologists and interested people under the guidance of experts.
The charity also has plans to recreate the ring ditch as part of the landscaping of the site and to have a permanent display of the finds and archaeology in the hospice itself.
Mr Nettleship said of the ring ditch: “At the moment you wouldn’t know it is there. We hope to recreate it so as you drive into the site it will be on your left and will be about 30 to 35 feet across.”
He said the Bronze Age items were not particularly valuable but archaeologically very interesting and added: “The trustees are delighted to have discovered that they have the stewardship of a site for the hospice which already has an ancient reverence for the cycle of life and death.”
Martin Brook, assistant project manager at Archaeological Solutions, said the team was on site for about two and half weeks and found the items in a boundary ditch.
“All of these finds come from the same segment of the same ditch in one trench,” he said.
“The two quoit-headed pins are not common. Less than 60 are known and these are between the fifth and seventh longest recorded. It is always very nice to find these kinds of things and from an academic point of view it is pretty important.”
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/bronze_age_treasure_discovered_at_hospice_site_1_1114439?
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Andy B
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| New Message Posted!2011-12-06 19:55
Submitted by coldrum on 07-11-2010
METAL detector enthusiasts have unearthed gold jewellery that could be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds at a secret site in North Yorkshire.
One of the finds, an Iron Age twisted gold bracelet, may have belonged to a relative of Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes, and an expert says the site where it was discovered along with a brooch, a ring and an armlet may be of “real archaeological significance”.
At an inquest held at Selby Magistrates’ Court, North Yorkshire coroner Rob Turnbull declared the bracelet as treasure.
The piece could now be worth £40,000 to metal detector enthusiasts Andy Green and Shaun Scott and the owner of the undisclosed spot where it was found.
Earlier discoveries made by Andy and Shaun at the same site include a Romano-British bronze brooch, a gold Viking ring and a gold arm torc. Andy, 46, found the Iron Age bracelet, which dates from between 100BC and 70 BC, on May 25.
The fact that the bracelet is made of gold means it would have belonged to the Iron Age equivalent of royalty. It is believed it was probably owned by a high-ranking member of the Brigantes tribe, which had its capital in nearby Barwick-in-Elmet.
It is well documented that the Queen of the Brigantes at the time of the Roman invasion of Britain in 47AD was Cartimandua and archaeologists have speculated that the bracelet could have been owned by one of her recent ancestors.
Professional archaeologist John Buglass, who is acting as a consultant to Andy and Shaun and who previously worked on the raising of the Mary Rose, said: “It would certainly be someone who was within her social circle. It wouldn’t have been owned by Joe Bloggs who mucked the pigs out, it would have been owned by the people in charge. In our terms, it would have been a peer of the realm.”
Mr Buglass, who lives near Northallerton, said the site near Towton appeared to be a multi-phase settlement spanning at least 3,000 years. This means many different types of people lived in the area of the site, which explains the different ages of the artefacts found.
For more, see : http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/8448201.Hoard_of_treasure_found_near_York/
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Andy B
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Pembrokeshire Coroner declares Bronze Age hoard treasure
A Bronze Age hoard around 3,000 years old discovered in a field in Manorbier was declared treasure by Pembrokeshire Coroner Mark Layton today (Thursday).
The 19 bronze and copper artefacts, including tools, a weapon, a personal dress item, ingots and bronze casting bi-products, were found by Gavin Palmer near Manorbier in August last year.
Mr Palmer came across the scattered objects while metal detecting in one corner of a field.
He discovered socketed axes, a gouge, a sword blade fragment and a circular dish-headed pin which can be dated to the late Bronze Age and were buried around 1000 to 800BC.
Dyfed Archaeological Trust carried out an investigation of the area, with funding support from Cadw, which suggested the artefacts had once been buried together as a hoard in an isolated pit.
No further artefacts were found and there was no evidence of a settlement or monument in the immediate vicinity.
Adam Gwilt, curator of the Bronze Age collections at Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, said:
"This varied group of bronze objects helps us to understand the kinds of tools, weapons and personal dress items that were in circulation in west Wales towards the end of the Bronze Age.
"The hoard may have been buried during a ritual ceremony held by a nearby community of farmers and metalworkers."
http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/9330372.Bronze_Age_hoard_declared_treasure/?
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Possible prehistoric bead is found in Suffolk
A RARE piece of treasure which is believed to date back to pre-historic times could be the first find of its kind in Suffolk.
The British Museum said the gold personal ornament, which was found in Glemsford, near Sudbury, was an “important item”.
It is currently in the hands of the British Museum, which carried out the report into the object, but it could come home to Suffolk.
Janina Parol, assistant treasure registrar at the British Museum, said Moyse’s Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds, Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and the British Museum were all interested in the ornament, which is thought to be from the Bronze Age.
In his report, Ben Roberts, curator of European Bronze Age at the British Museum, said: “The probable bead is very rare for Britain and Ireland though a necklace of similar beads from Ireland is in the British Museum.”
The ornament was classified as treasure at a treasure trove inquest in Bury St Edmunds yesterday.
Faye Minter, senior finds recording officer at Suffolk County Council, said it was discovered by Lindsey Holland, from Liverpool, who was at a metal detecting rally in cultivated land in Glemsford on September 25.
She said there had been some deliberation over its date, but the unusual object is believed to be late Bronze Age, from 1,100 to 800 BC.
The ornament, which is probably a bead, is cylindrical in shape with decoration across it.
Speaking after the inquest, Jude Plouviez, archaeological officer at Suffolk County Council, said: “I don’t think we have found anything similar in Suffolk for example. It is quite an unusual one.”
Miss Parol said if the local museums could not acquire the item, then it would remain at the British Museum.
No comment could be made on the value of the ornament as the valuation is yet to take place.
A rare silver Eadmund penny of early medieval date, which was found near Mildenhall, was also deemed to be treasure at yesterday’s inquest.
Miss Minter said it was found by metal detectorist Steve Foster on October 30 and he reported it to Suffolk County Council.
The coin, which is thought to be part of a previous hoard, dates to between 850 and 870.
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/possible_prehistoric_bead_is_found_in_suffolk_1_761704
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