List of Iron Age hoards in Great Britain facts for kids

The list of Iron Age hoards in Britain tells us about amazing collections of coins, jewelry, and other valuable items found hidden in Great Britain (that's England, Scotland, and Wales). These treasures come from the British Iron Age, a time roughly from 800 BC to 100 AD.

Some hoards were buried by people who planned to dig them up later, like a secret stash. Others were offerings to gods or spirits, left behind on purpose and not meant to be found again. This list also includes hoards of Celtic coins from when the Romans arrived in Britain. Each hoard helps us learn more about how people lived, what they valued, and what they believed in during the Iron Age.

Discovering Ancient Treasures

Here's a list of some of the most exciting Iron Age hoards found in Britain. Each one offers a unique peek into the past, showing us the types of items people used, traded, and sometimes hid away.

Hoard	Image	When it was buried	Where it was found	Year found	Where to see it now	What was inside
Alton Hoard	Coins from the Alton A hoard	Mid 1st century AD	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 coins (called staters) from leaders like Commios and Tincomarus. Another part had 206 gold staters. Also, a Roman gold ring and bracelet.
Beaminster Hoard		Early 1st century AD	Beaminster, Dorset 50°48′32″N 2°44′24″W / 50.809°N 2.740°W / 50.809; -2.740 (Beaminster Hoard)	2003	Dorset Museum, Dorchester	160 silver staters.
Beverley Hoard	Coins from the Beverley Hoard	Mid 1st century BC	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		Early 1st century AD	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 from Addedomaros, a king of the Trinovantes tribe.
Cheriton Hoard	9 gold coins from the Cheriton Hoard on display at Winchester City Museum	80 to 60 BC	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		80 to 60 BC	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		80 to 60 BC	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		Mid 1st century BC	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		1st century BC	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 Roman coins and coins from the Corieltauvi tribe.
Essendon Hoard		60 BC to 20 BC	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, a bronze shield piece, and gold torc segments.
Farmborough Hoard	Coins from the Farmborough Hoard	Early 1st century AD	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		Mid 1st century AD	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 from the Iceni tribe, found in a round pot.
Great Leighs Hoard		Mid 1st century BC	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	Iron Age coins from the Hallaton Treasure	1st century AD	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	Over 5,000 silver and gold coins, a fancy Roman parade helmet, and jewelry.
Honingham Hoard		Mid 1st century AD	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 silver coins from the Iceni tribe.
Ipswich Hoard	Two torcs from the Ipswich Hoard	1st century BC	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 neck rings, called torcs.
Kimbolton Hoard		Mid 1st century BC	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	Two bronze bowls and wine strainer from the Langstone Hoard	Mid 1st century AD	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	The Leekfrith torcs on display at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Hanley	4th to mid 3rd century BC	Leekfrith, Staffordshire 53°08′13″N 2°02′42″W / 53.137°N 2.045°W / 53.137; -2.045 (Leekfrith torcs)	2016		4 beautiful gold torcs.
Little Horwood Hoard		1st century BC	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, thought to be part of the larger Whaddon Chase Hoard.
Llangoed Hoard		Mid 1st century BC	Llangoed, Anglesey 53°17′24″N 4°05′24″W / 53.290°N 4.090°W / 53.290; -4.090 (Llangoed Hoard)	2021–2022	Oriel Ynys Môn	Fifteen gold staters from the Corieltauvi tribe.
Llyn Cerrig Bach Hoard	"Crescentic bronze plaque" in the shape of a gold lunula, with triskele-like decoration	4th century BC to 1st century AD	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	Over 150 bronze and iron objects, including 7 swords, 6 spearheads, shield pieces, a bronze trumpet, chains, wagon parts, and tools. These were likely votive offerings.
Llyn Fawr Hoard		8th to 7th century BC	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	A bronze cauldron, chisels, sickles, axes, a sword, a spearhead, a razor, and horse harness equipment.
Lochar Moss Hoard		50 to 200 AD	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	A brass torc and a bronze bowl.
North Foreland Hoard		Early 1st century BC	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 coins (made of a bronze alloy with lots of tin).
Peatling Magna Hoard		Mid 1st century BC	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, likely from northern France or the Low Countries.
Polden Hill Hoard	Items from the Polden Hill Hoard in the British Museum	50 AD to 100 AD	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 objects, including horse gear, shield pieces, brooches, and bracelets.
Riseholme Hoard		50 BC to 50 AD	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 from the Corieltauvi tribe.
Salisbury Hoard		3rd century BC	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 tiny bronze objects, like miniature shields, tools, daggers, and spearheads.
Scole Hoard		Mid 1st century BC	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 silver coins from the Iceni tribe and 87 Roman coins.
Sedgeford Hoard	Cowbone and gold coins of the Sedgeford Hoard	1st century BC	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 gold staters from Gaul (ancient France/Belgium), hidden inside a cow bone!
Shalfleet Hoard	Ingot 2 (top) from Shalfleet Hoard (2009)	Late 1st century BC to early 1st century AD	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 pieces, and one gold British B stater.
Silsden Hoard		Mid 1st century AD	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	Selection of torcs from the Snettisham Hoard	Mid 1st century BC	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 (many forming complete torcs), and other metal and jet objects.
Southend Hoard		60-50 BC	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 pieces and 33 gold staters.
South Norfolk Hoard	'Norfolk Wolf' debased gold stater from the South Norfolk Hoard	Late 1st century BC	South Norfolk	2012–2013	Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery	44 'Norfolk Wolf' gold staters (coins with less gold).
South Wight Hoard		Late 1st century BC to early 1st century AD	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, other silver and copper coins, silver and copper ingots, and Iron Age pottery pieces.
Stanwick Hoard	Stanwick horse head from the hoard	50 BC to 100 AD	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 objects, including four sets of horse harnesses for chariots and a bronze horse head.
Stirling Hoard	Two gold torcs from the Stirling Hoard	3rd to 1st century BC	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		20-50 AD	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	A pottery beaker and over 850 silver coins.
Sunbury Hoard	Two coins from the Sunbury hoard, with design derived from Greek coins of Marseilles, with stylised head of Apollo and butting bull, 100–50 BC	2nd century BC	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 fragments, plus pieces of a pottery pot.
Syngenta Hoard		Mid 1st century BC	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		1st century AD	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, pieces from two brass shields, decorated brass plates (maybe from a ceremonial cart), and part of a Roman lock.
Whaddon Chase Hoard		1st century BC	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 up to 2,000 gold staters. (See also Little Horwood Hoard).
Whitchurch Hoard	Obverse of Chute stater from Whitchurch Hoard (1987)	1st century BC	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	34 gold staters from Gaul and 108 British B gold staters.
Wickham Market Hoard	Coins from the Wickham Market Hoard	Late 1st century BC to early 1st century AD	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	The Winchester Hoard	1st century BC	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 complete gold bracelet, 2 half bracelets, and 2 gold torcs.
Walkington Hoard	A selection from the Walkington Hoard	1st century BC	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 from the Corieltauvi tribe. Found in different groups but considered one hoard.

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