Author: BLRH

In the late nineteenth century, a small hoard of late Roman silver was discovered near Great Horwood in Buckinghamshire. Five silver spoons, a finger-ring, pin … Read more

In one of our earliest blog posts, we discussed the Canterbury Treasure which is currently on display at Canterbury Roman Museum. The hoard consists of … Read more

The hoards we’re studying were valuable to their owners – the coins, jewellery and other objects they contained were made from precious materials. But how … Read more

On the 20th July, we’ll be running a free drop-in interactive workshop at the Jewry Wall Museum in Leicester! Join us to learn more about … Read more

Join us on the 22nd July for a free drop-in workshop at the Great North Museum: Hancock. Learn more about fifth century treasure hoards, the … Read more

The project team was lucky enough to visit Aarhus, Denmark to host a session at the Roman Archaeology Conference 2026. Our session Finding the Fifth … Read more

Silver coins with displaying various degrees of clipping (Photo: © The Trustees of the British Museum). When a coin is clipped, some of the key … Read more

Treasure: Hidden, Lost, Found is a new (and free!) interactive exhibition which has recently opened at the Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle Upon Tyne. … Read more

Many of the late Roman hoards that we are studying are on currently display at museums across Britain This post provides a list of some … Read more

Can you guess what these unusual objects are? They are part of the Hoxne treasure, an important British Museum hoard that is part of our … Read more