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Pentney Hoard
MaterialSilver, copper alloy
CreatedLate 8th to early 9th century
Period/cultureAnglo-Saxon
Discovered1978
PlacePentney, Norfolk, England
Present locationBritish Museum

The Pentney Hoard is an Anglo-Saxon jewellery hoard, discovered by a gravedigger in a Pentney, Norfolk churchyard in 1978. The treasure consists of six silver openwork disc brooches, five made entirely of silver and one composed of silver and copper alloy. The brooches are decorated in the 9th century Trewhiddle style. The hoard is now in the British Museum.

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