Some items from the Winchester Hoard in the British Museum, with a torc at upper left
Material
Gold
Size
10 jewellery pieces
Period/culture
Iron Age
Discovered
near Winchester, Hampshire by Kevan Halls in 2000
Present location
Room 50, British Museum, London
Identification
P&EE 2001 9-1 1-10
The Winchester Hoard is a hoard of Iron Age gold found in a field in the Winchester area of Hampshire, England, in 2000, by a retired florist[1][2] and amateur metal detectorist, Kevan Halls. It was declared treasure and valued at £350,000—the highest reward granted under the Treasure Act 1996 at that time.
The hoard consists of two sets of jewellery of a very high purity of gold dating from 75 to 25 BCE. Although, the items pre-date the Roman conquest of Britain in 43 CE, the manufacturing technology was Roman rather than Celtic. The total weight of the items is nearly 1,160 g (41 oz).
The find was described as "the most important discovery of Iron Age gold objects" for fifty years;[3] and the items were probably an "expensive", "diplomatic gift".[1] The brooches alone were "the third discovery of its kind from Britain".
The Winchester Hoard is now housed at the British Museum in London.
^ abAlberge, Dalya (8 September 2003). "Golden hoard of Winchester gives up its secret". The Times. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
^Gilchrist, Andrew (17 November 2003). "There's gold in them there hills". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
^"Treasure Annual Report 2000" (PDF). Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2001. pp. 16–18, 133. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
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