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BBC News
3 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Final funding available to study Jersey hoard of 60,000 coins
Applications for the final round of funding to study Jersey's hoard of 60,000 Celtic coins will close at the end of August. was discovered in the island in 2012 by two metal detectorists and bought by the government in 2021 for £ been open since 2023, with £82,000 still available before the deadline on 29 to study what is the largest known iron age hoard in western Europe are open to individuals, researchers, schools, community groups and organisations. As well as the coins, the hoard also includes pieces of gold and silver jewellery dating back to about 30 to 50 from the Le Catillon II Coin Hoard Fund has already been used for educational courses and an in-depth look into its discovery in Wreckwatch Jersiaise were also given funding to produce a geophysical survey of the area where the coins were found. Field archaeologist Dr Herve Duval-Gatignol said: "Upcoming work will help to better understand the environment in which the hoards were buried by the Celts, but early results already suggest signs of human activity. "Thanks to the support of the Le Catillon II Coin Hoard Fund, a whole chapter of the island's history is being brought to light."The Highlands College Foundation is in charge of administering the funding and its chairman, David Lord, encouraged anyone with a "compelling project" to apply.
BBC News
29-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Henley Iron Age hoard fundraiser launched by Oxfordshire charity
A charity has launched a fundraiser to secure the future of an Iron Age of the Oxfordshire Museum needs £10,500 so the museum can acquire the find, discovered in 2020 in Rotherfield Peppard, near includes a 2,000-year-old horse brooch, and is officially classified as museum hopes that by buying the hoard it can keep it on public display and avoid it falling into private hands. Discovered in a pottery urn, the find also included an enamelled patera handle, a silver Roman coin and a lead Dr Wendy Morrison, who later excavated the site, was contacted by the detectorist who had made the discovery and wanted to know what it was."Seeing that picture come in on my phone I leapt off the sofa in excitement," she said."I knew immediately that this was a significant find".The photo in question was of the horse brooch, an extremely rare item believed to be buried in AD50-150, just after the Roman National Landscape said it is the best-preserved such object discovered since Somerset's Polden Hoard in the early Neil Fawcett, Deputy Leader of Oxfordshire County Council, said: "This is an exceptional opportunity for our county council museum service to acquire a fascinating collection of objects that tells us so many stories about our iron age forebears from so long ago."Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum Chair Edward Dowler said, "We hope the campaign will inspire the many people who want to see Oxfordshire treasures kept in the county and displayed in its museum to donate." You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
