Published Date:
31 October 2005
THE East Riding of Yorkshire Council's museums service has been awarded £130,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the purchase and conservation of an ancient weapons' cache.
Described by experts as a find of international importance, the cache consists of five iron swords in elaborately decorated scabbards, as well as 35 iron spearheads.
Three metal detector users found them in 2001, near South Cave.
Once the finds have been purchased, a lengthy process of expert conservation and analysis will bring them up display standard. The hoard will then go on displayin the Treasure House, Beverley. David Marchant, the council's museums registrar, said: "These finds have the potential to tell us a lot about the area during the Iron Age and will also be significant for the study of weaponry and metalworking techniques.."
Nial Adams, principal museums officer, added that the weapons cache would form the centrepiece of the Treasure House exhibition space and would attract many visitors.
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