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/></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A strap junction from the hoard</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;">Created</th><td class="infobox-data">100 BC – AD 42 (deposited)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;">Period/culture</th><td class="infobox-data">Late <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a><sup id="cite_ref-PAS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;">Discovered</th><td class="infobox-data">December 2021<br />Melsonby, North Yorkshire, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;">Identification</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1056219">YORYM-0E157E</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Melsonby Hoard</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Hoard" title="Hoard">hoard</a> of <a href="/wiki/British_Iron_Age" title="British Iron Age">Iron Age</a> items found buried in a field near the village of <a href="/wiki/Melsonby" title="Melsonby">Melsonby</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a>, England, by a <a href="/wiki/Metal-detectorist" class="mw-redirect" title="Metal-detectorist">metal-detectorist</a> in December 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Archaeologists" class="mw-redirect" title="Archaeologists">Archaeologists</a> from <a href="/wiki/Durham_University" title="Durham University">Durham University</a> excavated the site in 2022 with funding from <a href="/wiki/Historic_England" title="Historic England">Historic England</a>. The artefacts are from the time of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>, and show pottery, weaponry, use of the wheel, <a href="/wiki/Metallurgy" title="Metallurgy">metallurgy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Status_symbol" title="Status symbol">status symbolism</a>. The find was publicised in March 2025, coinciding with the temporary display of a number of the items at the <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Museum" title="Yorkshire Museum">Yorkshire Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/York" title="York">York</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hoard">Hoard</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melsonby_Hoard&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Hoard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discovery">Discovery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melsonby_Hoard&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Discovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The hoard was found in a field near the village of Melsonby in North Yorkshire, England, by Peter Heads, an amateur metal-detectorist, in December 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The find was immediately designated <a href="/wiki/Treasure_trove" title="Treasure trove">treasure</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Treasure_Act_1996" title="Treasure Act 1996">Treasure Act 1996</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PAS_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Heads reported his discovery, which led to <a href="/wiki/Archaeologists" class="mw-redirect" title="Archaeologists">archaeologists</a> from Durham University excavating the site in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The excavations were assisted by advice from the <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a><sup id="cite_ref-AU_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AU-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and funding from Historic England.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southampton" title="University of Southampton">University of Southampton</a> also contributed, providing sensing instruments which enabled the researchers to avoid damaging the delicate artefacts.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Significance">Significance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melsonby_Hoard&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Participating scientists described the hoard as internationally important<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the largest hoard of <a href="/wiki/British_Iron_Age" title="British Iron Age">Iron Age</a> metalwork found so far in Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-Appeal_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appeal-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hoard was deposited approximately when the <a href="/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_Britain" title="Roman conquest of Britain">Romans conquered southern Britain</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1st_century" title="1st century">first century AD</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Appeal_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appeal-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Find_spot" class="mw-redirect" title="Find spot">find spot</a> is close to a <a href="/wiki/Hillfort" title="Hillfort">hillfort</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Stanwick_Iron_Age_Fortifications" title="Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications">Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Appeal_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appeal-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By March 2025, over 900 items had been discovered within the hoard spanning two separate deposits.<sup id="cite_ref-PAS_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The artefacts included <a href="/wiki/Adornment" title="Adornment">adornments</a>, a mirror made of iron,<sup id="cite_ref-Appeal_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appeal-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 14 elaborate pony harnesses, <a href="/wiki/Horse_bit" class="mw-redirect" title="Horse bit">horse bits</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> three decorative spears, and two <a href="/wiki/Cauldron" title="Cauldron">cauldrons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One cauldron, possibly a lidded wine-mixing bowl,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> shows a blend of Iron Age and Mediterranean styles.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twenty-eight iron tyres provided evidence for the use of four-wheeled wagons as well as two-wheeled <a href="/wiki/Chariot" title="Chariot">chariots</a>, at least seven vehicles in total.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A further 88 objects were corroded together into a large mass, and are yet to be separated and examined.<sup id="cite_ref-PAS_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AU_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AU-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Materials used in the artefacts include <a href="/wiki/Copper_alloy" class="mw-redirect" title="Copper alloy">copper alloy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> iron, and Mediterranean <a href="/wiki/Coral" title="Coral">coral</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PAS_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many items were <a href="/wiki/Glass_coloring_and_color_marking" title="Glass coloring and color marking">made colourful</a> with glass<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Vitreous_enamel" title="Vitreous enamel">enamel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PAS_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To demonstrate the high status of their owner, these luxury goods were deliberately damaged before burial, probably on a <a href="/wiki/Pyre" title="Pyre">pyre</a> albeit without bodies.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The discovery called into question the old idea that southern British elites were more powerful than northern ones,<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and how money and power were displayed in the Iron Age.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This aristocracy had connections not just across Britain but also Europe and the Roman world.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The find is considered exceptional,<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 'once-in-a-lifetime',<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and of an unprecedented number and diversity for the <a href="/wiki/British_Iron_Age" title="British Iron Age">British Iron Age</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Appeal_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appeal-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fundraising_and_display">Fundraising and display</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melsonby_Hoard&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fundraising and display"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yorkshire_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Yorkshire_Museum.jpg/250px-Yorkshire_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Yorkshire_Museum.jpg/330px-Yorkshire_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Yorkshire_Museum.jpg/500px-Yorkshire_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>The Yorkshire Museum, where some of the hoard has been housed</figcaption></figure> <p>A public appeal was launched by the <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Museum" title="Yorkshire Museum">Yorkshire Museum</a> in March 2025 to raise £500,000 for the museum to acquire and conserve the hoard. It has been assessed to be worth £254,000, and under the <a href="/wiki/Treasure_Act_1996" title="Treasure Act 1996">Treasure Act 1996</a> the museum has the opportunity to acquire it for that price. If the museum cannot raise the funds the hoard may be sold and perhaps split up or moved overseas. Conservation of the hoard is estimated to cost a further £250,000.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Appeal_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appeal-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The museum started showing some items from the hoard on 25 March.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melsonby_Hoard&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stanwick_Hoard" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanwick Hoard">Stanwick Hoard</a> – a similar Iron Age find in Melsonby from 1845<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melsonby_Hoard&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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