Analysing the metal 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

A Spoon Hoard from Dorchester

Dorchester III (Somerleigh Court Estate) hoard (photo taken by K. Clarke-Neish and reproduced with permission from Dorset Museum and Art Gallery Ellen and Kelly recently … Read more

A Glass Bead Game

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

Time Travel

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

A Local Treasure

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