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Iron Age Leicestershire and the Hallaton Treasure, 27 June 2009 |
Andy B
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|  Posted 12-05-2009 at 08:14
Held 10am though 4pm at the Rattray Theatre, University of Leicester and tickets costing £10 include coffees/teas and a buffet lunch.
The event will be chaired by Prof. Haselgrove and speakers include Pete Liddle, Ian leins, Dr Jeremy Taylor, Vicki Score, John Thomas and Lynden Cooper. In the first public conference of the Hallaton Treasure, the speakers will be re-evaluating the importance and development of the East Midlands in the decades preceding the Roman invasion in light of the incredible finds from the Hallaton site.
The Hallaton Treasure is the collection of over 5000 silver and gold Iron Age coins, a silver-gilt Roman parade helmet and some mysterious silver finds excavated from a unique shrine site in southeast Leicestershire.
For more information and booking forms please contact Frank Hargrave on 01858 821085 or email: mailto:fhargrave@leics.gov.uk
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Frank
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| Posted 31-01-2011 at 10:41
Iron Age Dog guards Hallaton Treasure
He has lain underground for 2,000 years, loyally doing his duty.
But now, archaeologists have unearthed the skeleton of what is believed to be Britain’s oldest guard dog, which was sacrificed to protect a hoard of buried treasure. The skeleton of the dog, which is about the same size as a retriever or Alsatian, was discovered at the site of one of Britain’s most important Iron Age excavations. It is believed an ancient tribe, the Corieltauvi, who lived in Britain before the Roman conquest, killed then buried the dog between AD1 and AD50 so its spirit could protect the stockpile. The find suggests that man’s best friend has long been regarded as a protector and guardian.
The dog’s skeleton will now go on display at a museum along with the treasure - and will be positioned in a glass case at the entrance of the exhibit so it can continue to stand guard.
The dog was discovered in a pit on the Hallaton Treasure site, near Market Harborough, Leicestershire, which became Britain's largest find of Iron Age coins when it was excavated in 2000. Five thousand gold and silver coins, as well as an ornately-decorated Roman parade helmet, were unearthed in what is regarded as one of the most important Iron Age excavations. The dog’s skeleton was painstakingly pieced together by the University of Leicester's archaeological services, and will go on show at Harborough Museum for the first time this weekend. Vicki Score, the university's project manager, said: ‘The skeleton of the dog was discovered at the entrance to the site, buried in a slot in the ground.
‘We believe it was bound and sacrificed and buried to guard the coin offerings. It would have been considered an honour for the dog, which was probably quite old, to be sacrificed in this way.’ Mrs Score said the skeleton was buried on top of the remains of another dog and there was evidence of a third. She added: ‘Maybe it was felt the previous guard dog had lost its power to protect.’ David Sprason, of Leicestershire County Council, said: ‘It is fitting that the remains of this dog be reunited with the magnificent objects from the Hallaton Treasure and find a new home at the museum.
‘The dog's story is yet another intriguing aspect of this nationally-important find and illustrates the special relationship between humans and dogs that has existed for thousands of years.’ Helen Sharp, the museum's project officer for the Hallaton Treasure, said: ‘The exact way the skeleton was laid out, its location, and the fact it the dog was above average height for an Iron Age canine, suggests it was seen as a guard dog buried to safeguard the shrine. ‘It appears to have been a very old dog, and had a number of marks on its bones, suggesting it was a guard dog in life, as well as death.’
Along with thousands of tribal coins, the Hallaton Treasure also includes the oldest Roman coin ever found in Britain, dating back to 211BC, a silver Roman parade helmet and jewellery from the period.
Visitors to the exhibition will be invited to help choose a name for the guard dog, from a selection of Celtic words. They are Brina, which means protector, Brendt, the word for hill, Cadran, which means mighty, Ardra, which means noble, and Sealgair, which means hunter.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1350822/Iron-age-dog-2k-years-old-unearthed-guarding-ancient-treasure.html#ixzz19W3Cc8dO
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| Posted 10-01-2012 at 23:11
Historians have pieced together a 2,000-year-old Roman cavalry helmet 10 years after its discovery in an Iron Age shrine and say it sheds new light on the conquering of Britain.
The helmet and its cheek pieces have been painstakingly restored from 1,000 small fragments over three years by experts at the British Museum.
Constructed of sheet iron, the helmet, once decorated with gold leaf, is the only one to have been found in Britain with its silver gilt plating intact and is also one of the earliest ever found in Britain.
Experts claim there is a 'distinct possibility' that it belonged to a Briton serving in the Roman cavalry before the conquest of Britain. They say it changes our understanding of the relationship between Romans and Britons and what the country was like just before the invasion.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2084686/Historians-piece-2-000-year-old-Roman-cavalry-helmet-shedding-new-light-ancient-Britain.html
Exceptionally early example of Roman helmet to go on display after years of work piecing together thousands of fragments
The helmet will go on display at the end of this month at Harborough Museum, in a specially created new gallery which already holds many objects from the hoard just nine miles from where it was found.
"I can hardly believe my eyes when I look at the helmet today," Wallace said. "I last saw it six months ago, and it was still in a thousand pieces. Gobsmacked, is the only word for it."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/10/unique-roman-helmet-pieced-together
Video: Roman helmet unveiled
http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/features/video_roman_helmet_unveiled_1_3404502
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