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© Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery
© Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery
© Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery
Boughton Malherbe Hoard
Bronze Age
- Art Funded
- 2013
- Dimensions
- Various
- Vendor
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Discovered by metal-detectorists in a field near Boughton Malherbe in Kent, this hoard is the third-largest Bronze Age hoard ever found in Britain, consisting of over 352 objects and fragments, providing a great insight into the lives of the inhabitants of Kent in the 9th century BC
Provenance
Excavated by Mr N. Hales and Mr W. Coomber while metal detecting in Kent with permission of the landowner, 2011.
