Author: BLRH

As we discussed in one of our previous blog posts (see here), we are carrying out pXRF analysis on around 30 silver objects as part … Read more

We are now halfway through our project and have travelled to lots of different museums to examine surviving late Roman hoards and collected a vast … Read more

In 1938, a small late Roman hoard was discovered in a sandpit at Tuddenham St Martin in Suffolk. 114 silver coins and a gold ring … Read more

The PI for our project, Ellen Swift, has recently published an article presenting the key findings of her study of the objects from the Thetford … Read more

Our archaeology technician Lloyd Bosworth has been very busy creating the 3D models of the hoard containers. The creation of these models is a very … Read more

As we have seen in previous posts, some hoards are found during archaeological excavations meaning we have a bit more background on the nature of … Read more

We are now well over halfway through our planned museum visits and have been very busy the last couple of months. Our most recent visit … Read more

Here’s a picture of one of the more fascinating items James recently examined during our visit to the Museum of Somerset in Taunton. This tankard … Read more

Last week, we travelled to the Corinium Museum to study a late Roman hoard found at Cirencester in the late nineteenth century. The hoard consists … Read more

In 1980, a group of children in North Yorkshire were throwing stones in a burn and discovered the Hovingham Park hoard. The children recovered 18 … Read more