The Dawlish and Pinhoe Hoards: 25 Years of Bronze Age Discoveries

Although the Bronze Age was at least 3,000 years ago, we can still gain glimpses of these communities’ lives from the hoards of metalwork that they left behind. The vast majority of these hoards have been found by metal detectorists, and, over the last 30 years, the partnership between detectorists, traditional archaeologists and museum curators has been increasingly important in understanding Bronze Age life. In this talk, Tom Cadbury, Assistant Curator at RAMM, will look at what metalwork hoards can tell us about life in Bronze Age Devon.

The talk will focus on two hoards, one found at Pinhoe, the other near Dawlish. The Pinhoe hoard was one of the earliest found by detectorists and has been on display at RAMM since its discovery. It even has a pub named after it! The Dawlish hoard was found in 2017 and is the most interesting of the recent finds. Its mixture of gold and bronze objects is nationally unique and hints at a fascinating story behind its burial.

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