List of Iron Age hoards in Great Britain facts for kids

The list of Iron Age hoards in Britain comprises significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, precious and scrap metal objects and other valuable items discovered in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) that are associated with the British Iron Age, approximately 8th century BC to the 1st century AD. It includes both hoards that were buried with the intention of retrieval at a later date (personal hoards, founder's hoards, merchant's hoards, and hoards of loot), and also hoards of votive offerings which were not intended to be recovered at a later date, but excludes grave goods and single items found in isolation. Hoards of Celtic coins dating from the time of the Roman occupation of Britain are also included here.

List of hoards

Hoard	Image	Date	Place of discovery	Year of discovery	Current Location	Contents
Alton Hoard		0050 mid 1st century AD	Hampshire Alton, Hampshire 51°08′56″N 0°58′37″W / 51.149°N 0.977°W / 51.149; -0.977 (Alton A Hoard)	1996	British Museum, London	50 gold staters of Commios, Tincomarus and Epillus (Hoard A) 206 gold staters of Tincomarus and Verica (Hoard B) 1 Roman gold ring 1 Roman gold bracelet
Beaminster Hoard		0025 early 1st century	Dorset Beaminster, Dorset 50°48′32″N 2°44′24″W / 50.809°N 2.740°W / 50.809; -2.740 (Beaminster Hoard)	2003	Dorset County Museum, Dorchester	160 silver staters
Beverley Hoard		-9950 mid 1st century BC	East Yorkshire Beverley, East Yorkshire 53°50′42″N 0°25′37″W / 53.845°N 0.427°W / 53.845; -0.427 (Beverley Hoard)	1999–2007	Hull Museums Collections British Museum, London	110 gold staters
Blythburgh Hoard		0020 early 1st century AD	Suffolk Blythburgh, Suffolk 52°19′N 1°36′E / 52.32°N 1.60°E / 52.32; 1.60 (Blythburgh Hoard)	2019		19 gold staters and quarter staters of Addedomaros, king of the Trinovantes, dating to 45–25 BC
Cheriton Hoard		0000 80 to 60 BC	Hampshire Cheriton, Hampshire 51°03′09″N 1°10′13″W / 51.05245°N 1.170325°W / 51.05245; -1.170325 (Cheriton Hoard)	1984	British Museum, London Winchester City Museum	50 gold staters and quarter staters
Chute Forest Hoard		0000 80 to 60 BC	Wiltshire Chute Forest, Wiltshire 51°15′57″N 1°33′23″W / 51.265865°N 1.556348°W / 51.265865; -1.556348 (Chute Forest Hoard)	1927	British Museum, London	36 gold staters
Clacton Hoard		0000 80 to 60 BC	Essex Clacton-on-Sea, Essex 51°47′31″N 1°08′46″E / 51.79197°N 1.145973°E / 51.79197; 1.145973 (Clacton Hoard)	1898	British Museum, London	76 gold staters
Climping Hoard		-9950 mid 1st century BC	West Sussex Climping, West Sussex 50°48′47″N 0°34′41″W / 50.813°N 0.578°W / 50.813; -0.578 (Climping Hoard)	2000	British Museum, London	18 gold staters
Dovedale Hoard		-9950 1st century BC	Derbyshire Reynard's Cave and Kitchen, Dovedale, Derbyshire 53°04′11″N 1°47′05″W / 53.0696°N 1.7848°W / 53.0696; -1.7848 (Dovedale Hoard)	2014	Buxton Museum and Art Gallery	26 gold and silver coins, including three pre-conquest Roman coins, and 20 Late Iron Age gold and silver coins belonging to the Corieltauvi tribe
Essendon Hoard		0000 60 BC to 20 BC	Hertfordshire Essendon, Hertfordshire 51°45′46″N 0°09′11″W / 51.762913°N 0.153169°W / 51.762913; -0.153169 (Essendon Hoard)	1992	British Museum, London	257 gold coins, 7 swords, 4 spearheads, a dagger and a decorated sheet of bronze that may have faced a wooden shield, various ingots and segments of a gold torc
Farmborough Hoard		0020 early 1st century	Somerset Farmborough, Somerset 51°20′35″N 2°29′02″W / 51.343°N 2.484°W / 51.343; -2.484 (Farmborough Hoard)	1984	British Museum, London	61 gold staters
Field Baulk Hoard		0060 mid 1st century	Cambridgeshire Field Baulk, March, Cambridgeshire 52°32′20″N 0°05′13″E / 52.539°N 0.087°E / 52.539; 0.087 (Field Baulk Hoard)	1982	British Museum, London	872 silver coins minted by the Iceni tribe, in a round pot
Great Leighs Hoard		-9950 mid 1st century BC	Essex Great Leighs, Essex 51°49′37″N 0°30′22″E / 51.827°N 0.506°E / 51.827; 0.506 (Great Leighs Hoard)	1998–1999	Chelmsford Museum	40 gold staters
Hallaton Treasure		0050 1st century AD	Leicestershire Hallaton, Leicestershire 52°33′00″N 0°50′00″W / 52.550°N 0.8333°W / 52.550; -0.8333 (Hallaton Treasure)	2000	Harborough Museum	5,000 silver and gold coins a silver gilt Roman parade helmet jewellery
Honingham Hoard		0060 mid 1st century AD	Norfolk Honingham, Norfolk 52°39′47″N 1°06′29″E / 52.663°N 1.108°E / 52.663; 1.108 (Honingham Hoard)	1954	Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery	341 Iceni silver coins
Ipswich Hoard		-9940 1st century BC	Suffolk Ipswich, Suffolk 52°03′32″N 1°09′22″E / 52.059°N 1.156°E / 52.059; 1.156 (Ipswich Hoard (1968-1969))	1968–1969	British Museum, London	6 gold twisted torcs
Kimbolton Hoard		-9970 mid 1st century BC	Cambridgeshire Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire 52°18′29″N 0°24′25″W / 52.308°N 0.407°W / 52.308; -0.407 (Kimbolton Hoard)	2010		67 gold staters and one gold quarter-stater
Langstone Hoard		0050 mid 1st century AD	Newport Ringland, Newport 51°36′36″N 2°53′53″W / 51.610°N 2.898°W / 51.610; -2.898 (Langstone Hoard)	2007		2 bronze bowls and a bronze wine strainer
Leekfrith torcs		-9700 4th to mid 3rd century BC	Staffordshire Leekfrith, Staffordshire 53°08′13″N 2°02′42″W / 53.137°N 2.045°W / 53.137; -2.045 (Leekfrith torcs)	2016		4 gold torcs
Little Horwood Hoard		-9940 1st century BC	Buckinghamshire Little Horwood, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire 51°58′05″N 0°51′00″W / 51.968°N 0.850°W / 51.968; -0.850 (Little Horwood Hoard)	2006–2007	Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury	75 staters found over an 11-month period which are said to be part of the Whaddon Chase Hoard
Llyn Cerrig Bach Hoard		0000 4th century BC to 1st century AD	Anglesey Llyn Cerrig Bach, near Valley, Anglesey 53°15′32″N 4°32′24″W / 53.259°N 4.540°W / 53.259; -4.540 (Llyn Cerrig Bach Hoard)	1942	National Museum Cardiff	votive objects deposited over a period of several hundred years, comprising over 150 items of bronze and iron, including 7 swords, 6 spearheads, fragments of a shield, part of a bronze trumpet, 2 gang chains, fragments of iron wagon tyres and horse gear, blacksmith's tools, fragments of two cauldrons, and iron bars
Llyn Fawr Hoard		-9300 8th to 7th century BC	Glamorgan Llyn Fawr Lake, Rhigos, Glamorgan 51°43′12″N 3°34′05″W / 51.720°N 3.568°W / 51.720; -3.568 (Llyn Fawr Hoard)	1909–1913	National Museum Cardiff	bronze cauldron, a number of chisels, sickles and socketed axes, a sword, a spearhead, a razor, and horse harness equipment
Lochar Moss Hoard		0100 50 to 200 AD	Dumfrieshire Lochar Moss, near Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway 55°05′09″N 3°34′50″W / 55.0858829°N 3.5806428°W / 55.0858829; -3.5806428 (Lochar Moss Hoard)	1840s	British Museum, London	brass torc and bronze bowl
North Foreland Hoard		-9950 early 1st century BC	Kent North Foreland, Kent 51°22′30″N 1°26′42″E / 51.375°N 1.445°E / 51.375; 1.445 (North Foreland Hoard)	1999	Powell-Cotton Museum, Birchington-on-Sea	63 potin (a bronze alloy with high tin content) coins
Peatling Magna Hoard		-9950 mid 1st century BC	Leicestershire Peatling Magna, near Market Harborough Leicestershire 52°31′41″N 1°07′37″W / 52.528°N 1.127°W / 52.528; -1.127 (Peatling Magna Hoard)	2012	Harborough Museum	10 gold staters minted in northern France or the Low Countries
Polden Hill Hoard		0100 50 AD to 100 AD	Somerset Polden Hill, Somerset 51°09′38″N 2°55′26″W / 51.160549°N 2.923972°W / 51.160549; -2.923972 (Polden Hill Hoard)	1800	British Museum, London	about 90 metal artefacts including horse gear and trappings, segments of 3 shields, 6 brooches, 3 bracelets, parts of 2 torcs
Riseholme Hoard		0000 50 BC to 50 AD	Lincolnshire Riseholme, Lincolnshire 53°15′54″N 0°31′48″W / 53.265°N 0.530°W / 53.265; -0.530 (Riseholme Hoard)	2017	The Collection, Lincoln Museum	40 gold staters, 231 silver units, and 11 silver half units attributed to the Corieltauvi tribe.
Salisbury Hoard		-9750 3rd century BC	Wiltshire Netherhampton, near Salisbury, Wiltshire 51°04′26″N 1°47′38″W / 51.074°N 1.794°W / 51.074; -1.794 (Salisbury Hoard)	1988	British Museum, London	over 600 objects, mostly miniature bronze versions of shields, tools, daggers and spearheads
Scole Hoard		-9940 mid 1st century BC	Norfolk Scole, Norfolk 52°21′50″N 1°09′22″E / 52.364°N 1.156°E / 52.364; 1.156 (Scole Hoard)	1982–1983		202 Iceni silver coins and 87 Roman coins
Sedgeford Hoard		-9900 1st century BC	Norfolk Sedgeford, Norfolk 52°54′N 0°33′W / 52.90°N 0.55°W / 52.90; -0.55 (Sedgeford Hoard)	2003	King's Lynn Museum	39 Gallo-Belgic gold staters, concealed inside a cowbone
Shalfleet Hoard		0000 late 1st century BC to early 1st century AD	Isle of Wight Shalfleet, Isle of Wight 50°42′04″N 1°27′29″W / 50.701°N 1.458°W / 50.701; -1.458 (Shalfleet Hoard)	2009	Sold at Bonhams, 2011.	four large bowl-shaped silver ingots, six small silver fragments and one gold British B (or "Chute") stater of Late Iron Age date.
Silsden Hoard		0040 mid 1st century AD	West Yorkshire Silsden, West Yorkshire 53°54′50″N 1°56′13″W / 53.914°N 1.937°W / 53.914; -1.937 (Silsden Hoard)	1998	Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley	27 gold coins and a finger ring
Snettisham Hoard		-9925 mid 1st century BC	Norfolk Ken Hill, near Snettisham, Norfolk 52°53′06″N 0°29′20″E / 52.885°N 0.489°E / 52.885; 0.489 (Snettisham Hoard)	1948–1973	British Museum, London Norwich Castle Museum	over 150 gold torc fragments (over 70 of which form complete torcs), and various objects made of metal and jet
Southend Hoard		0000 60-50 BC	Essex Southend-on-Sea, Essex 51°32′18″N 0°42′52″E / 51.53832°N 0.714513°E / 51.53832; 0.714513 (Southend Hoard)	1986	British Museum, London	pottery sherds and 33 gold staters
South Norfolk Hoard		-9975 late 1st century BC	Norfolk South Norfolk	2012–2013	Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery	44 'Norfolk Wolf' debased gold staters
South Wight Hoard		0000 late 1st century BC to early 1st century AD	Isle of Wight South Wight, Isle of Wight 50°36′00″N 1°12′00″W / 50.600°N 1.200°W / 50.600; -1.200 (South Wight Hoard)	2004	British Museum, London	18 gold staters, 138 silver staters, 1 thin silver coin, 7 copper alloy coins of the Roman period, 2 bowl shaped silver ingots, 1 bowl shaped copper alloy ingot, 5 sherds of Iron Age pottery
Stanwick Hoard		0000 50 BC to 100 AD	North Yorkshire Stanwick, North Yorkshire 54°30′24″N 1°43′32″W / 54.506627°N 1.725548°W / 54.506627; -1.725548 (Stanwick Hoard)	1843	British Museum, London	about 180 metal artefacts including four sets of horse harnesses for chariots and a bronze horse head
Stirling Hoard		-9800 3rd to 1st century BC	Blair Drummond Near Blair Drummond, Stirlingshire 56°10′01″N 4°02′38″W / 56.167°N 4.044°W / 56.167; -4.044 (Stirling Hoard)	2009	National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh	4 gold torcs
Stonea Hoard		0050 20-50 AD	Cambridgeshire Stonea, Cambridgeshire 52°31′12″N 0°08′35″E / 52.519927°N 0.14303°E / 52.519927; 0.14303 (Stonea Hoard)	1983	British Museum, London	pottery beaker and over 850 silver coins
Sunbury Hoard		-9800 2nd century BC	Surrey Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey 51°25′19″N 0°25′08″W / 51.422°N 0.419°W / 51.422; -0.419 (Sunbury Hoard)	1950	Museum of London, London	317 tin alloy coins and 56 fragments, together with fragments of a pottery vessel
Syngenta Hoard		-9950 mid 1st century BC	Berkshire Jealott's Hill, near Bracknell, Berkshire 51°27′22″N 0°44′53″W / 51.456°N 0.748°W / 51.456; -0.748 (Syngenta Hoard)	1998	Reading Museum	58 gold coins
Tal-y-Llyn Hoard		0050 1st century AD	Merionethshire near Tal-y-llyn Lake, Cadair Idris, Merionethshire 52°40′19″N 3°53′49″W / 52.672°N 3.897°W / 52.672; -3.897 (Tal-y-Llyn Hoard)	1963	National Museum Cardiff	1 brass plaque, fragments from two brass shields, several decorated brass plates (possibly from a ceremonial cart), and part of a Roman lock
Whaddon Chase Hoard		-9940 1st century BC	Buckinghamshire near Whaddon, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire 52°00′00″N 0°49′41″W / 52.000°N 0.828°W / 52.000; -0.828 (Whaddon Chase Hoard)	1849 & 2006	British Museum, London Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury	between 450 and 800 and 2,000 gold staters — see also Little Horwood Hoard
Whitchurch Hoard		-9950 1st century BC	Hampshire Whitchurch, Hampshire 51°13′44″N 1°20′06″W / 51.229°N 1.335°W / 51.229; -1.335 (Whitchurch Hoard)	1987	Hampshire Museums Service (4 of each type). The remainder sold at Christies, October 1988, lots 236–246.	34 Gallo-Belgic E gold staters, and 108 British B (or, Chute,) gold staters.
Wickham Market Hoard		0020 late 1st century BC to early 1st century AD	Suffolk Wickham Market, Suffolk 52°09′00″N 1°22′01″E / 52.150°N 1.367°E / 52.150; 1.367 (Wickham Market Hoard)	2008	Ipswich Museum	840 gold staters
Winchester Hoard		-9950 1st century BC	Hampshire near Winchester, Hampshire 51°03′47″N 1°18′29″W / 51.063°N 1.308°W / 51.063; -1.308 (Winchester Hoard or Treasure)	2000	British Museum, London	4 gold brooches 1 gold chain 1 gold bracelet (complete) 2 gold bracelet halves 2 gold torcs
Walkington Hoard		-9950 1st century BC	East Yorkshire Walkington, East Yorkshire 53°49′14″N 0°29′17″W / 53.820636°N 0.487977°W / 53.820636; -0.487977 (Walkington Hoard)	2005	Yorkshire Museum, York	a collection of gold staters of the Corieltauvi. Various types of coin. Discovered in batches but regarded as associated.