© British Museum
Milton Keynes Hoard
Artist: Bronze Age
Location: British Museum
Date: circa 1150-800 BC
Materials: gold, pottery & bronze
Grant:
Amount Paid: £70,000 (Total: £290,000)
Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Review number: 5061 (2002)
Provenance:
Found in 2000 near Milton Keynes.
Description:
The hoard consists of 2 decorated gold neckrings, 2 thick oval-section gold bracelets, 1 faceted gold bracelet, 1 pottery bowl and 1 tiny bronze fragment. This style of goldwork is part of a broad late bronze age tradition extending between Iberia and Britain/Ireland, and these objects may have been made locally.
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