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The list of hoards in Britain comprises significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, precious and scrap metal objects and other valuable items discovered in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). It includes both hoards that were buried with the intention of retrieval at a later date (personal hoards, founder's hoards, merchant's hoards, and hoards of loot), and also hoards of votive offerings which were not intended to be recovered at a later date, but excludes grave goods and single items found in isolation. The list is subdivided into sections according to archaeological and historical periods.

Neolithic hoards

Hoards dating to the Neolithic period, approximately 4000 to 2000 BC, comprise stone weapons and tools such as axeheads and arrowheads. Such hoards are very rare, and only a few are known from Britain.

Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents
Ayton East Field Hoard 30th to 25th century BC East Ayton
North Yorkshire
54°15′18″N 0°28′26″W / 54.255°N 0.474°W / 54.255; -0.474 (Ayton East Field Hoard)
1848 British Museum, London 3 flint axes
1 flint adze
5 arrowheads
1 polished flint knife
2 flint flakes
1 antler macehead
2 boar-tusk blades
York Hoard 30th century BC York
North Yorkshire
53°57′29″N 1°04′48″W / 53.958°N 1.080°W / 53.958; -1.080 (York Hoard)
1868 Yorkshire Museum ~70 flint tools and weapons

Bronze Age hoards

A large number of hoards associated with the British Bronze Age, approximately 2700 BC to 8th century BC, have been found in Great Britain. Most of these hoards comprise bronze tools and weapons such as axeheads, chisels, spearheads and knives, and in many cases may be founder's hoards buried with the intention of recovery at a later date for use in casting new bronze items. A smaller number of hoards include gold torcs and other items of jewellery. As coinage was not in use during the Bronze Age in Great Britain, there are no hoards of coins from this period.

Iron Age hoards

A large number of hoards associated with the British Iron Age, approximately 8th century BC to the 1st century AD, have been found in Britain. Most of the hoards comprise silver or gold Celtic coins known as staters, usually numbered in the tens or hundreds of coins, although the Hallaton Treasure contained over 5,000 silver and gold coins. In addition to hoards of coins, a number of hoards of gold torcs and other items of jewellery have been found, including the Snettisham Hoard, the Ipswich Hoard and the Stirling Hoard.

In September 2020, 1,300 Celtic gold coins were discovered at a location in eastern England, dated back between 40 and 50 A.D.

Romano-British hoards

Hoards associated with the period of Romano-British culture when part of Great Britain was under the control of the Roman Empire, from AD 43 until about 410, as well as the subsequent Sub-Roman period up to the establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms are the most numerous type of hoard found in Great Britain, and Roman coin hoards are particularly well represented, with over 1,200 known examples. In addition to hoards composed largely or entirely of coins, a smaller number of hoards, such as the Mildenhall Treasure and the Hoxne Hoard, include items of silver or gold tableware such as dishes, bowls, jugs and spoons, or items of silver or gold jewellery.

Anglo-Saxon hoards

Hoards associated with the Anglo-Saxon culture, from the 6th century to 1066, are relatively uncommon. Those that have been found include both hoards of coins and hoards of jewellery and metalwork such as sword hilts and crosses. The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest Anglo-Saxon hoard to have been found, comprising over 1,500 items of gold and silver. More Anglo-Saxon artefacts have been found in the context of grave burials than hoards in England. These include major finds from Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, Taplow in Buckinghamshire, Prittlewell, Mucking and Broomfield in Essex, and Crundale and Sarre in Kent.

Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current location Contents
Appledore Hoard Mid 11th century Appledore
Kent
51°01′52″N 0°47′24″E / 51.031°N 0.790°E / 51.031; 0.790 (Appledore Hoard)
1997 British Museum, London 490 pennies (1997)
12 silver pennies of Edward the Confessor (1998)
Bamburgh Hoard Mid 9th century Bamburgh
Northumberland
55°36′14″N 1°43′19″W / 55.604°N 1.722°W / 55.604; -1.722 (Bamburgh Hoard)
1999 and 2004 Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle 384 base metal stycas
Copper alloy fragments
Bronze folding balance
Beeston Tor Hoard Silver disc brooch from the Beeston Tor Hoard 9th century Beeston Tor
Staffordshire
53°04′59″N 1°50′41″W / 53.08312°N 1.84470°W / 53.08312; -1.84470 (Beeston Tor Hoard)
1926 British Museum, London 49 pennies, two silver brooches, three finger rings and assorted fragments
Brantham Hoard Selection of coins from the Brantham Hoard 10th century Brantham
Suffolk
51°58′08″N 1°03′47″E / 51.969°N 1.063°E / 51.969; 1.063 (Brantham Hoard)
2003 Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 90 silver pennies
Bucklesham Hoard 11th century Bucklesham
Suffolk
2017 The hoard fetched £90,000 at auction A hoard of 99 silver pennies, dated back to the reign of Aethelred II (978–1016), was discovered under the remains of a Saxon church demolished shortly after the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century.
Canterbury-St Martin's hoard Replicas of gold coin-pendants from the Canterbury-St Martin's hoard Late 6th or early 7th century Canterbury
Kent
51°16′41″N 1°05′38″E / 51.278°N 1.094°E / 51.278; 1.094 (Canterbury-St Martin's hoard)
1840s World Museum, Liverpool 8 items, including 3 gold coins, and two pieces of jewellery
Crondall Hoard Mid 7th century Crondall
Hampshire
51°13′48″N 0°51′43″W / 51.230°N 0.862°W / 51.230; -0.862 (Crondall Hoard)
1828 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 100 small gold coins and 2 cloisonné pins
Harkirke (or Harkirk) Hoard Early 10th century Crosby
Merseyside
53°30′07″N 3°01′12″W / 53.502°N 3.020°W / 53.502; -3.020 (Harkirk(e) Hoard)
1611 unknown ~300 Viking and Kufic coins
Hexham Hoard Styca of Aethelred II from Hexham Hoard Ninth century 1832 The hoard was uncovered by the sexton and a grave-digger. Approximately 8000 stycas in a bronze bucket.
Ipswich Hoard (1863) 10th century Ipswich
Suffolk
52°03′32″N 1°09′22″E / 52.059°N 1.156°E / 52.059; 1.156 (Ipswich Hoard (1863))
1863 150 coins (75 now known)
West Norfolk Hoard early 7th century West Norfolk 1991 131 coins and four pieces of gold. Ten coins were found by a serving police officer who tried to sell them and was jailed for 16 months.
Kirkoswald Hoard Mid 9th century Kirkoswald, Cumbria 1808 542 Northumbrian stycas and one silver trefoil ornament
Lenborough Hoard Mid 11th century Lenborough, near Padbury
Buckinghamshire
51°58′37″N 0°58′52″W / 51.977°N 0.981°W / 51.977; -0.981 (Lenborough Hoard)
2014 5,251½ coins in a lead bucket, including coins of Ethelred the Unready and Canute
Pentney Hoard The Pentney Treasure Early 9th century Pentney
Norfolk
52°41′42″N 0°32′42″E / 52.695°N 0.545°E / 52.695; 0.545 (Pentney Treasure)
1978 British Museum, London 6 silver disc brooches
St Leonard's Place Hoard Mid 9th century York
York
53°57′43″N 1°05′10″W / 53.962°N 1.086°W / 53.962; -1.086 (St Leonard's Place Hoard)
1842 Yorkshire Museum c.10,000 Northumbrian stycas
Staffordshire Hoard Selection of items from the Staffordshire Hoard 7th or 8th century Hammerwich
Staffordshire
52°39′18″N 1°54′25″W / 52.655°N 1.907°W / 52.655; -1.907 (Staffordshire Hoard)
2009 Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
More than 1,500 items (about 5 kg (11 lb) of gold and 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) of silver), mostly sword fittings and decorative parts of weaponry, but also two gold crosses and an inscribed gold strip
Trewhiddle Hoard Selection of items from the Trewhiddle Hoard Late 9th century Trewhiddle
Cornwall
50°19′44″N 4°48′14″W / 50.329°N 4.804°W / 50.329; -4.804 (Trewhiddle Hoard)
1774 British Museum, London 114 Anglo-Saxon coins, and various items of silverware, including a scourge, a chalice and a Celtic penannular brooch
West Yorkshire Hoard Rings from the West Yorkshire Hoard 11th century Leeds
West Yorkshire
53°48′N 1°33′W / 53.8°N 1.55°W / 53.8; -1.55 (West Yorkshire Hoard)
2008–2009 Leeds City Museum 5 items of 7th to 11th century gold jewellery (a cabochon ring, a filigree ring, a niello finger ring, a filigree and granular ring, and a piece of a cloisonné bracelet), an ingot of gold, and a lead spindle whorl.

Pictish hoards

Hoards associated with Pictish culture, dating from the end of Roman occupation in the 5th century until about the 10th century, have been found in eastern and northern Scotland. These hoards often contain silver brooches and other items of jewellery.

Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents
Aberdeenshire hoard 4th to 6th century Undisclosed location
Aberdeenshire
2014 100 pieces of hacksilver, comprising late Roman coins and pieces of Roman and Pictish silver vessels, bracelets and brooches.
Broch of Burgar Hoard late 8th century Broch of Burgar, near Evie
Orkney
59°07′52″N 3°08′02″W / 59.131°N 3.134°W / 59.131; -3.134 (Broch of Burgar Hoard)
1840 unknown 8 silver vessels
several silver combs
5 or 6 silver hair pins
2 or 3 silver brooches
several fragments of silver chains
a large number of amber beads
Gaulcross Hoard 6th or early 7th century Gaulcross, near Fordyce
Aberdeenshire
57°39′47″N 2°46′44″W / 57.663°N 2.779°W / 57.663; -2.779 (Gaulcross Hoard)
late 1830s Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Several silver hand pins (only one extant)
1 silver bracelet
1 silver chain
several silver brooches (all lost)
Norrie's Law hoard Silver plaque from the Norrie's Law Hoard late 7th century Norrie's Law, Largo
Fife
56°15′18″N 2°57′11″W / 56.255°N 2.953°W / 56.255; -2.953 (Norrie's Law Hoard)
1819 Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Nearly 12.5 kg of silver objects, of which all but 750 g were melted down. The 170 surviving objects include:
2 penannular brooches
2 oval plaques
3 or 4 hand-pins
2 spiral finger-rings
1 small vessel lid
fragment of a 4th-century Roman spoon
knife-handle mounts
fragments of arm-bands
various rod and chain fragments
St Ninian's Isle Treasure Silver penannular brooch from the St Ninian's Isle Treasure late 8th or early 9th century St Ninian's Isle
Shetland
59°58′16″N 1°20′31″W / 59.971°N 1.342°W / 59.971; -1.342 (St Ninian's Isle Treasure)
1958 Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh 8 silver bowls
12 silver penannular brooches
2 silver chapes (part of scabbard that protects the point)
1 silver communion spoon
1 silver knife
1 silver pommel
3 silver cones

Viking hoards

Hoards associated with the Viking culture in Great Britain, dating from the 9th to 11th centuries, are mostly found in northern England and Orkney, and frequently comprise a mixture of silver coins, silver jewellery and hacksilver that has been taken in loot, some coins originating from as far away as the Middle East.

Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents
Ainsbrook Hoard late 10th century Thirsk
North Yorkshire
54°13′59″N 1°20′35″W / 54.233°N 1.343°W / 54.233; -1.343 (Ainsbrook Hoard)
2003 British Museum, London ~130 objects of gold, silver (including 10 Anglo-Saxon coins), copper alloy, lead, iron, and stone
Ashdon Hoard Late 9th century Ashdon 1984 Fitzwilliam Museum 71 silver pennies of Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Scandinavian and Carolingian origins
Bedale Hoard Bedale Hoard Group early 10th century Bedale
North Yorkshire
54°17′N 1°35′W / 54.29°N 1.59°W / 54.29; -1.59 (Bedale Hoard)
2012 Yorkshire Museum, York 1 iron sword pommel with gold foil plaques, 4 gold hoops a sword hilt, 6 small gold rivets, 4 silver collars and neck-rings, 1 silver arm-ring, 1 fragment of a silver Permian ring, 1 silver penannular brooch, and 29 silver ingots.
Bossall-Flaxton Hoard early 10th century between Bossall and Flaxton
North Yorkshire
54°03′00″N 0°56′42″W / 54.050°N 0.945°W / 54.050; -0.945 (Bossall-Flaxton Hoard)
1807 Coins, bullion, arm-ring in a leaden box
Bryn Maelgwyn Hoard early 11th century near Deganwy Castle, Llandudno
Conwy
53°18′18″N 3°48′54″W / 53.305°N 3.815°W / 53.305; -3.815 (Bryn Maelgwyn Hoard)
1979 National Museum Cardiff 204 silver pennies of Cnut the Great
Cuerdale Hoard Selection of items from the Cuerdale Hoard early 10th century Cuerdale, near Preston
Lancashire
53°45′18″N 2°38′24″W / 53.755°N 2.640°W / 53.755; -2.640 (Cuerdale Hoard)
1840 British Museum, London, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 8,600 items including silver coins and bullion
Eye Hoard late 9th century Eye
Herefordshire
52°16′14″N 2°44′27″W / 52.2705°N 2.7408°W / 52.2705; -2.7408 (Eye Hoard)
2015 Dispersed About 300 Anglo-Saxon silver and gold coins, some issued by Ceolwulf II of Mercia and some issued by Alfred of Wessex, together with one or more silver ingots, and some items of jewellery, including a late 6th-century crystal pendant, a gold arm-band and a gold finger ring
Furness Hoard 10th century Furness
Cumbria
54°12′N 3°09′W / 54.20°N 3.15°W / 54.20; -3.15 (Furness Hoard)
2011 Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness 92 silver coins, including two Arabic dirhams, several silver ingots, and one silver bracelet.
Galloway Hoard early 10th century Kirkcudbrightshire 2014 Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh over 100 gold and silver items, including armbands, a Christian cross, brooches, ingots and an exceptionally large Carolingian pot
Goldsborough Hoard early 10th century Goldsborough
North Yorkshire
54°00′00″N 1°24′54″W / 54.000°N 1.415°W / 54.000; -1.415 (Goldsborough Hoard)
1859 British Museum, London Fragments of Viking brooches and arm-rings, together with thirty-nine coins
Huxley Hoard 5 flattened bracelets from the Huxley Hoard late 9th to 10th century Huxley, Cheshire
Cheshire
53°08′49″N 2°43′59″W / 53.147°N 2.733°W / 53.147; -2.733 (Huxley Hoard)
2004 World Museum, Liverpool 22 silver pieces (including 20 flattened bracelets)
Leominster hoard late 9th to 10th century Eye, nearLeominster
Herefordshire
2015 Over 300 coins, silver ingot, gold jewellery. The hoard was initially split and sold. Only 31 coins remain.
Penrith Hoard Selection of items from the Penrith Hoard early 10th century Newbiggin Moor, near Penrith
Cumbria
54°39′00″N 2°34′41″W / 54.650°N 2.578°W / 54.650; -2.578 (Penrith Hoard)
1785–1989 British Museum, London A number of silver penannular brooches
Silverdale Hoard Coins, jewellery, ingots and hacksilver from the Silverdale Hoard early 10th century Silverdale
Lancashire
54°10′N 2°50′W / 54.17°N 2.83°W / 54.17; -2.83 (Silverdale Hoard)
2011 Museum of Lancashire, Preston, Lancaster City Museum 201 silver objects inside a box made from a sheet of lead; comprising 27 coins (Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Viking, Frankish and Islamic), 10 arm rings, 2 finger rings, 14 ingots, 6 brooch fragments, 1 wire braid, and 141 pieces of hacksilver.
Skaill Hoard mid 10th century Bay of Skaill
Orkney
59°03′00″N 3°20′13″W / 59.050°N 3.337°W / 59.050; -3.337 (Skaill Hoard)
1858 National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Over 100 items, including bracelets, brooches, hacksilver, and ingots
Storr Rock Hoard 10th century Isle of Skye 1891 National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh A collection of silver coins dating from the 10th century
Talnotrie Hoard
Lead weight, Talnotrie hoard
Lead weight, Talnotrie hoard
late 9th century near Talntrie 1912 National Museums Scotland Jewellery, metal-working material and coins
Vale of York Hoard
(Harrogate Hoard)
The Harrogate Hoard before cleaning, with the coins still in the pot early 10th century near Harrogate
North Yorkshire
53°59′N 1°32′W / 53.99°N 1.54°W / 53.99; -1.54 (Vale of York Hoard)
2007 British Museum, London
Yorkshire Museum, York
More than 617 silver coins, and 65 other items, including silver and gold armrings, neckrings and brooch fragments, as well as hacksilver, all placed inside a 9th-century gilt-silver vessel
Warton Hoard early 10th century Warton, near Carnforth
Lancashire
54°08′49″N 2°45′58″W / 54.147°N 2.766°W / 54.147; -2.766 (Warton Hoard)
1997 Lancaster City Museum, Lancaster 3 silver dirhems of the Samanid dynasty
6 pieces of cut silver weighing 116.49 g (4.109 oz)
Watlington Hoard late 9th century Watlington
Oxfordshire
51°38′42″N 1°00′00″W / 51.645°N 1.000°W / 51.645; -1.000 (Watlington Hoard)
2015 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford About 210 silver coins from the reigns of Alfred the Great of Wessex and Ceolwulf II of Mercia, together with 15 silver ingots, 6 silver arm rings, 2 neck ring fragments, and one small piece of hack gold

Later Medieval hoards

Hoards dating to the later medieval period, from 1066 to about 1500, mostly comprise silver pennies, in some cases amounting to many thousands of coins, although the Fishpool Hoard contains over a thousand gold coins.

Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents
Abergavenny Hoard Coins from the Abergavenny Hoard late 11th century Abergavenny
Monmouthshire
51°49′26″N 3°01′01″W / 51.824°N 3.017°W / 51.824; -3.017 (Abergavenny Hoard)
2002 National Museum Cardiff 199 silver pennies of Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror
Baschurch Hoard mid 13th century Baschurch
Shropshire
52°47′31″N 2°51′14″W / 52.792°N 2.854°W / 52.792; -2.854 (Baschurch Hoard)
2007–2008 Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery 191 long cross pennies of Henry III of England, 1 penny of Alexander III of Scotland, and some coin fragments
Beverley Hoard mid 13th century Beverley
East Yorkshire
53°50′42″N 0°25′37″W / 53.845°N 0.427°W / 53.845; -0.427 (Beverley Hoard (Med))
2000 British Museum, London 448 short cross pennies
27 cut half pennies
Bootham Hoard 15th century York
North Yorkshire
53°58′01″N 1°05′42″W / 53.967°N 1.095°W / 53.967; -1.095 (Beverley Hoard (Med))
1953 Yorkshire Museum, York 908 silver coins of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Chesterton Lane Hoard Chesterton Lane Hoard.JPG mid 14th century Chesterton Lane, Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
52°12′40″N 0°06′54″E / 52.211°N 0.115°E / 52.211; 0.115 (Chesterton Lane Hoard)
2000 Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 9 gold coins
1806 silver coins
Chew Valley Hoard mid 11th century Chew Valley
Somerset
51°21′00″N 2°36′00″W / 51.350°N 2.600°W / 51.350; -2.600 (Chew Valley Hoard)
2019 2,528 silver coins, including 1,236 coins of Harold II and 1,310 coins of William I
Colchester Hoard (1902) mid 13th century High Street, Colchester
Essex
51°53′24″N 0°54′11″E / 51.890°N 0.903°E / 51.890; 0.903 (Colchester Hoard)
1902 British Museum, London 11,000 – 12,000 silver pennies in a lead canister
Colchester Hoard (1969) Coins from the Colchester Hoard late 13th century High Street, Colchester
Essex
51°53′24″N 0°54′11″E / 51.890°N 0.903°E / 51.890; 0.903 (Colchester Hoard)
1969 British Museum, London over 14,000 silver pennies of Henry III in a lead canister
Cwm Nant Col Hoard early 16th century near Llanbedr
Gwynedd
52°49′12″N 4°06′04″W / 52.820°N 4.101°W / 52.820; -4.101 (Cwm Nant Col Hoard)
1918 National Museum Cardiff 1 late 13th or early 14th century copper alloy aquamanile in the shape of a stag, 1 5th century copper alloy ewer, 1 copper alloy tray, 1 bronze cauldron, 2 bronze skillets, 1 woodman's iron axe, and iron firedog fragments
Fauld Hoard early 15th century Fauld, Tutbury
Staffordshire
52°50′N 1°44′W / 52.84°N 1.73°W / 52.84; -1.73 (Fauld Hoard)
2000 Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent 114 silver groats
Fishpool Hoard Coins and jewellery from the Fishpool Hoard mid 15th century Ravenshead
Nottinghamshire
53°05′N 1°10′W / 53.08°N 1.17°W / 53.08; -1.17 (Fishpool Hoard)
1966 British Museum, London 1,237 gold coins
8 pieces of jewellery
2 lengths of gold chain
Fillongley Hoard early 13th century Fillongley
Warwickshire
52°28′55″N 1°35′17″W / 52.482°N 1.588°W / 52.482; -1.588 (Fillongley Hoard)
1997 Warwickshire Museum, Warwick 2 silver brooches
silver finger ring
127 short-cross pennies
Gayton Hoard late 12th century Gayton
Northamptonshire
52°10′12″N 0°59′35″W / 52.170°N 0.993°W / 52.170; -0.993 (Gayton Hoard)
1998–1999 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 308 silver pennies
7 fragments
Glenluce Hoard late 15th century Glenluce sand-dunes
Wigtownshire
54°51′00″N 4°52′59″W / 54.850°N 4.883°W / 54.850; -4.883 (Glenluce Hoard)
1956 2 English silver coins
10 Scottish silver coins
99 Scottish billon coins
1 Scottish copper farthing
Gorefield Hoard early 14th century Gorefield
Cambridgeshire
52°40′59″N 0°05′31″E / 52.683°N 0.092°E / 52.683; 0.092 (Gorefield Hoard)
1998 British Museum, London
Wisbech & Fenland Museum,
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
1,084 silver pennies, halfpennies and farthings
Llanddona Hoard early 14th century Llanddona
Anglesey
53°17′38″N 4°08′20″W / 53.294°N 4.139°W / 53.294; -4.139 (Llanddona Hoard)
1999, 2005–2006 returned to finder 970 silver pennies
Piddletrenthide Hoard (2008) Medieval silver coins from the Piddletrenthide Hoard 1400–1412 Piddletrenthide,
Dorset
50°48′00″N 2°25′30″W / 50.800°N 2.425°W / 50.800; -2.425 (Piddletrenthide Hoard (2008))
2008 293 Medieval silver coins, comprising 272 complete pennies, 2 broken pennies, 14 half groats, and 4 groats, found in a fragmentary pottery vessel.
Reigate Hoard mid 15th century Reigate
Surrey
51°13′48″N 0°11′17″W / 51.230°N 0.188°W / 51.230; -0.188 (Reigate Hoard)
1990 dispersed 135 gold nobles, half nobles and quarters
6,566 silver groats
Rhoneston Hoard late 15th century Rhoneston, near Dumfries
Dumfriesshire
55°09′14″N 3°42′29″W / 55.154°N 3.708°W / 55.154; -3.708 (Rhoneston Hoard)
1961 7 English silver coins
6 Scottish silver coins
70 Scottish billon coins
Roslin Hoard early 14th century Roslin
Midlothian
2019 National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh
Rumney Castle Hoard late 13th century Rumney Castle
Cardiff
51°30′12″N 3°08′23″W / 51.50342°N 3.13970°W / 51.50342; -3.13970 (Rumney Castle Hoard)
1981 63 silver pennies from the reign of Edward I
Ryther Hoard late 15th century Ryther
North Yorkshire
53°50′42″N 1°10′05″W / 53.845°N 1.168°W / 53.845; -1.168 (Ryther Hoard)
1992 Yorkshire Museum, York 812 silver coins, mostly English groats, half-groats and pennies dating from the reigns of Edward I/II through Henry VII, in an unglazed drinking jug.
Tealby Hoard late 12th century Tealby
Lincolnshire
53°24′00″N 0°15′54″W / 53.400°N 0.265°W / 53.400; -0.265 (Tealby Hoard)
1807 5,127 melted down at the Tower of London; rest dispersed. 5,731 silver pennies of the reign of Henry II (dated 1158–1180), in a glazed earthenware pot.
Tutbury Hoard early 14th century Tutbury
Staffordshire
52°51′N 1°41′W / 52.85°N 1.69°W / 52.85; -1.69 (Tutbury Hoard)
1831 dispersed 360,000 silver coins (the largest hoard of coins ever discovered in Britain)
Twynholm Hoard early 14th century Twynholm
Dumfries and Galloway
54°51′47″N 4°05′24″W / 54.863°N 4.090°W / 54.863; -4.090 (Twynholm Hoard)
2013 322 silver coins dating from 1249 to 1325, including Scottish coins from the reigns of Alexander III and John Balliol, and English coins from the reigns of Edward I, Edward II and Edward III
Wainfleet Hoard Pot and some coins from the Wainfleet Hoard late 12th century Wainfleet
Lincolnshire
53°06′29″N 0°14′13″E / 53.108°N 0.237°E / 53.108; 0.237 (Wainfleet Hoard)
1990 British Museum, London 380 silver pennies and 3 halfpennies in a green-glazed ceramic bottle

Post-Medieval hoards

Most hoards from the post-medieval period, later than 1500, date to the period of the English Civil War (1642–1651), from which time over 200 hoards are known.

Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents
Abbotsham Hoard mid 17th century Abbotsham
Devon
51°00′58″N 4°15′00″W / 51.016°N 4.250°W / 51.016; -4.250 (Abbotsham Hoard)
2001 Bideford Museum 9 gold coins
425 silver coins
Ackworth Hoard mid 17th century High Ackworth
West Yorkshire
53°39′18″N 1°20′06″W / 53.655°N 1.335°W / 53.655; -1.335 (Ackworth Hoard)
2011 Pontefract Museum 52 gold coins, 539 silver coins, and a gold ring inscribed "When this you see, remember me", in a clay Wrenthorpe ware pot.
Alderwasley Hoard Alderwasley Hoard mid 17th century Alderwasley
Derbyshire
53°04′23″N 1°31′26″W / 53.073°N 1.524°W / 53.073; -1.524 (Alderwasley Hoard)
1971 Derby Museum and Art Gallery 907g of silver clippings from coins issued by Philip and Mary (1553–1558), Elizabeth I (1558–1603), James I (1603–1625), and Charles I (1625–1649), stored in an earthenware jar.
Asthall Hoard Asthall Hoard early 16th century Asthall
Oxfordshire
51°48′N 1°35′W / 51.80°N 1.58°W / 51.80; -1.58 (Asthall Hoard)
2007 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 210 English gold angels and half-angel coins dating to the period 1470–1526
Bishops Waltham Hoard Fake French coins from the Bishops Waltham Hoard early 18th century Bishops Waltham
Hampshire
50°57′14″N 1°12′47″W / 50.954°N 1.213°W / 50.954; -1.213 (Bishops Waltham Hoard)
 ? 7,083 forged French 30-denier coins dated 1711
Bitterley Hoard Excavation of the Bitterley Hoard mid 17th century Bitterley
Shropshire
52°23′42″N 2°38′42″W / 52.395°N 2.645°W / 52.395; -2.645 (Bitterley Hoard)
2011 1 gold coin and 137 silver coins (half crowns and shillings) with a leather purse in a tyg
Breckenbrough Hoard Coins of the Breckenbrough Hoard mid 17th century Breckenbrough
North Yorkshire
54°14′47″N 1°25′38″W / 54.246480°N 1.4271327°W / 54.246480; -1.4271327 (Breckenbrough Hoard)
June 1985 Yorkshire Museum 30 gold and 1552 silver coins, within a ceramic Ryedale ware vessel, and two receipts for cheese.
Cheapside Hoard late 16th to early 17th century Cheapside, London 1912 Museum of London, British Museum, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, London Over 400 pieces of Elizabethan and Jacobean jewellery
Deal Hoard mid 16th century Deal
Kent
51°13′23″N 1°24′04″E / 51.223°N 1.401°E / 51.223; 1.401 (Deal Hoard)
2000 British Museum, London 191 base silver coins within a linen bag inside a pot
Ellerby Area Hoard The Ellerby Area Hoard 18th century Ellerby
East Riding of Yorkshire
53°49′N 0°13′W / 53.82°N 0.22°W / 53.82; -0.22 (Ellerby Area Hoard)5
2020 Dispersed into private collections 266 gold coins within a stoneware vessel.
Hackney Hoard Gold double-eagle coins from the Hackney Hoard mid 20th century (1940) Hackney
London
51°34′16″N 0°04′52″W / 51.571°N 0.081°W / 51.571; -0.081 (Hackney Hoard)
2007 British Museum, London 80 American Double eagle gold coins minted between 1854 and 1913
Haddiscoe Hoard mid 17th century Haddiscoe
Norfolk
52°31′30″N 1°37′12″E / 52.525°N 1.620°E / 52.525; 1.620 (Haddiscoe Hoard)
2003 Elizabethan House Museum, Great Yarmouth 316 silver coins
Ham Green Hoard mid 17th century Ham Green
Worcestershire
52°31′30″N 1°37′12″E / 52.525°N 1.620°E / 52.525; 1.620 (Haddiscoe Hoard)
1981 Museums Worcestershire 86 silver coins (mostly shillings and sixpences) in a salt glazed stoneware bottle which was buried beneath the floor of the pantry in a cottage, the coins mostly dating to the Civil War period, but the latest coins minted 1661/1662.
Hartford Hoard Silver groats and earthenware pot from the Hartford Hoard early 16th century Hartford
Cambridgeshire
52°20′13″N 0°09′32″W / 52.337°N 0.159°W / 52.337; -0.159 (Hartford Hoard)
1964 British Museum, London 1,108 silver groats from the reigns of Edward IV, Henry VI, Richard III and Henry VII, and double patards of Charles the Bold
Lincoln Spanish-American gold hoards 6 gold coins discovered in 2010 early 19th century North Kesteven
Lincolnshire
53°11′06″N 0°35′24″W / 53.185°N 0.59°W / 53.185; -0.59 (Lincoln Spanish-American gold hoard)
1928
2010
24 Spanish-American gold 8-escudo coins minted between 1790 and 1801 (18 discovered in 1928, and 6 discovered in 2010)
Lindsey Hoard 15th to 17th century Lindsey
Suffolk
2020 1,061 silver coins were found on land belonging to the Lindsey Rose pub, dating back between the 15th to 17th centuries.
Mason Hoard Jug and 17 coins constituting the Mason Hoard mid 16th century Lindisfarne
Northumberland
55°40′16″N 1°48′04″W / 55.671°N 1.801°W / 55.671; -1.801 (Mason Hoard)
2003 Great North Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne 10 gold and 7 silver coins, including 11 English coins dating from the reigns of Henry VI through Elizabeth I and 6 coins from France, Saxony, the Netherlands and the Papal States, in a mid-16th century German jug.
Middleham Hoard Selection of coins from the Middleham Hoard held at the Yorkshire Museum mid 17th century Middleham
North Yorkshire
54°16′47″N 1°50′24″W / 54.2797°N 1.8399°W / 54.2797; -1.8399 (Middleham Hoard)
1993 Dispersed amongst various museums and private collections, including Yorkshire Museum, York 5,099 silver coins, comprising 4,772 English coins of Edward VI through Charles I, 31 Scottish coins, 10 Irish coins, 245 coins from the Spanish Netherlands, and 2 coins from the Spanish New World. The coins were found in three pots from two different pits, and were probably deposited at slightly different dates.
Mitton Hoard The Mitton Hoard on display at Clitheroe Castle 15th century Great Mitton
Lancashire
53°50′46″N 2°26′31″W / 53.846°N 2.442°W / 53.846; -2.442 (Mitton Hoard)
2009 Clitheroe Castle Museum, Lancashire 11 silver coins or fragments, including one or two from France.
Nether Stowey Hoard Silverware from the Nether Stowey Hoard mid 17th century Nether Stowey
Somerset
51°09′07″N 3°09′11″W / 51.152°N 3.153°W / 51.152; -3.153 (Nether Stowey Hoard)
2008 Somerset County Museum, Taunton Silverware, including four spoons, a goblet and a bell salt, in an incomplete earthenware vessel
Short Hoard mid 16th century Lindisfarne
Northumberland
55°40′16″N 1°48′04″W / 55.671°N 1.801°W / 55.671; -1.801 (Mason Hoard)
1962 50 English silver sixpences and groats, the latest dating to 1562 during the reign of Elizabeth II, in a mid-16th century German jug.
Tidenham Hoard mid 17th century Tidenham
Gloucestershire
51°40′N 2°38′W / 51.66°N 2.64°W / 51.66; -2.64 (Tidenham Hoard)
1999 Chepstow Museum 1 gold coin
117 silver coins
Totnes Hoard mid 17th century Totnes
Devon
50°25′55″N 3°41′02″W / 50.432°N 3.684°W / 50.432; -3.684 (Totnes Hoard)
1930s Totnes Museum 176 silver coins of England, Scotland, Ireland and Spanish Netherlands
Tregwynt Hoard mid 17th century Tregwynt
Pembrokeshire
51°58′12″N 5°04′23″W / 51.970°N 5.073°W / 51.970; -5.073 (Tregwynt Hoard)
1996 National Museum Wales, Cardiff 33 gold coins
467 silver coins
a gold ring
Warkworth Hoard early 16th century Warkworth
Northumberland
55°20′24″N 1°36′43″W / 55.340°N 1.6120°W / 55.340; -1.6120 (Warkworth Hoard)
2017 Private ownership 128 coins, comprising groat and half-groat coins from the reigns of Edward IV (r. 1461–1470 and 1471–1483) and Henry VII (r. 1485–1509), as well as nine coins issued by Charles the Bold when he was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477.
Warmsworth Hoard early 17th century Warmsworth
South Yorkshire
53°29′53″N 1°10′55″W / 53.498°N 1.182°W / 53.498; -1.182 (Warmsworth Hoard)
1999 Doncaster Museum 122 silver coins
pottery fragments
bronze alloy spoon
Weston-sub-Edge Hoard Weston-sub-Edge Hoard on display at Corinium Museum mid 17th century Weston-sub-Edge,
Gloucestershire
52°04′05″N 1°49′01″W / 52.068°N 1.817°W / 52.068; -1.817 (Weston-sub-Edge Hoard)
1981 Corinium Museum, Cirencester 307 silver and 2 gold coins.

See also

  • List of hoards in Ireland
  • List of hoards in the Channel Islands
  • List of hoards in the Isle of Man
  • List of metal detecting finds
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