An extraordinary Iron Age hoard, containing over 800 artifacts, was discovered in North Yorkshire near Melsonby, dating back to the 1st century during the Roman conquest. Likely associated with the Brigantes tribe, the collection includes iron wheels, horse harnesses, ceremonial spears, and ornate cauldrons. Experts believe these findings could lead to a reevaluation of wealth, status, trade, and travel among Iron Age tribes. The discovery, made by metal detectorist Peter Heads, was deemed internationally important and followed by excavations funded by Historic England in 2022.
These remarkable finds may force a reassessment of our understanding of wealth, status, trade, and travel among Iron Age tribes in Britain.
Finding a hoard of this scale is just unprecedented... we were not expecting it, I think for everybody on the team, we were just lost for words.
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