Category: artefacts

Following the end of Roman rule in Britain, imports of coinage and other precious metals ended abruptly and the existing supply of precious metals such … Read more

Ellen and Kelly recently visited Dorset Museum and Art Gallery to study the coins and objects from a late Roman hoard found in Dorchester (Dorset) in … Read more

Here’s a picture of some objects from the Icklingham hoard, on display in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge. You might be surprised to … Read more

One of the fascinating aspects of researching hoards is that the material also illustrates the history of artefact studies through the centuries. Some of our … Read more

One of the hoards in our project is very easy for Ellen to study – it’s only a stone’s throw from the University of Kent, … Read more