Havering hoard

The Havering hoard is a hoard of 453 late bronze-age (900 to 800 BCE) artefacts found at a site overlooking the River Thames in Rainham, London, in 2018. It comprises swords, socketed axe heads, spear heads, knives, daggers, woodwork tools, bracelets, ingots, and other items, weighing more than 45 kg in total. The objects, almost all of which were damaged, were recovered from four separate individual and deliberately placed hoards within a large ancient enclosure ditch. The deliberate placement of the items may suggest a specialist metalworker operated in the area, and such a large-scale deposit of bronze may represent an accumulation of material like a vault, recycling bank, or exchange. Some items, including woodworking axe heads, are believed to be from continental Europe.[1][2]

The Havering hoard is planned to be displayed at the Museum of London Docklands in late 2020.[1]

References

Davis, Nicola. "Havering hoard" of bronze age objects to go on show in London". The Guardian, 21 October 2019; Retrieved 21 October 2019
Havering Museum; The largest ever Bronze Age hoard in London has been discovered: https://www.haveringmuseum.org.uk/havering-hoard/ Retrieved 8 June 2020

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[davis-1] Davis, Nicola. "Havering hoard" of bronze age objects to go on show in London". The Guardian, 21 October 2019; Retrieved 21 October 2019

[2] Havering Museum; The largest ever Bronze Age hoard in London has been discovered: https://www.haveringmuseum.org.uk/havering-hoard/ Retrieved 8 June 2020

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