Olney Archaeological Society
Tuesday, 1st December 2026 at 10.00 am
Olney Centre, High Street, Olney MK46 4EF
In 1845 a hoard of 140 metal artefacts known as the Stanwick Hoard, which included four sets of horse harness for chariots and a bronze horse head ‘bucket attachment’, was found at Melsonby in North Yorkshire.
The Melsonby Hoard is a hoard of Iron Age items found buried in a field near Melsonby. The hoard was found by Peter Heads, an amateur metal-detectorist, in December 2021. The hoard is the largest hoard of Iron Age metalwork yet found in Britain.
Speaker: Prof. Tom Moore, Dept of Archaeology, University of Durham; Director of Research.
Remote lecturer. £4.00 visitors.