Context (Field collection)
Found 1/6/2017-31/6/2017 metal detecting on cultivated land. Bronze Age copper-alloy fragmentary metal work hoard which had been stored in a ceramic vessel that had later been hit by a plough or farm machinery and partially scattered a small distance around the location of the vessel. Some fragments of metal were still within the cracked vessel while others had dispersed slightly. It has been registered with the PAS (CAM-22 D427) and has been declared as Treasure Trove (2017T697). The Coroner's reference is 294. The PAS record has been used as the basis for the information in this record.
Event Date 1/6/2017
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Analysis)
XRF analysis was undertaken on six of the 341 copper-alloy fragments. The fragments were selected to cover differing object types, colours and weights. The results can be found in the coroner's report in the object file.
Event Date 16/2/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
17 possible copper alloy chape fragments from long tongue or lozenge-shaped chapes. All of sheet metal; some decorated with ribs or raised edges.
Event Date 29/9/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Found together / assemblage)
2023.20.1-402 were discovered in close association and have been determined to comprise a founder's hoard deposited as a closed group during a single event.
Event Date 29/9/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe