Dr Hervé Duval-Gatignol
@duvalrv.bsky.social
The Man Who Listens to Ramparts! ├┬┴┤⛏
Field Archaeologist at Société Jersiaise (Jersey, Channel Islands) 🌊
Research Associate at CReAAH, UMR 6566 (Rennes, France) 🏺
Digging into history, one trench at a time! 👷
Field Archaeologist at Société Jersiaise (Jersey, Channel Islands) 🌊
Research Associate at CReAAH, UMR 6566 (Rennes, France) 🏺
Digging into history, one trench at a time! 👷
St Lawrence excavation, Day 15:
The excavation has come to an end. A bit more recording to do and the site will be backfilled next week. 📝
A talk was given at the #SociétéJersiaise and we spent a lovely evening with the team. I was lucky to have my "heroes" by my side over the last three weeks. 🦸🏼♂️
The excavation has come to an end. A bit more recording to do and the site will be backfilled next week. 📝
A talk was given at the #SociétéJersiaise and we spent a lovely evening with the team. I was lucky to have my "heroes" by my side over the last three weeks. 🦸🏼♂️
August 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 15:
The excavation has come to an end. A bit more recording to do and the site will be backfilled next week. 📝
A talk was given at the #SociétéJersiaise and we spent a lovely evening with the team. I was lucky to have my "heroes" by my side over the last three weeks. 🦸🏼♂️
The excavation has come to an end. A bit more recording to do and the site will be backfilled next week. 📝
A talk was given at the #SociétéJersiaise and we spent a lovely evening with the team. I was lucky to have my "heroes" by my side over the last three weeks. 🦸🏼♂️
St Lawrence excavation, Day 14:
Excavation is coming to an end. Area 3 gave us a hard time with postholes all over the place, but we are nearly done with them. 💪🏼
Ros from #Underground came and helped with her GNSS survey equipment. I can't wait to work on the map 🗺️
Last day tomorrow... 🥁
Excavation is coming to an end. Area 3 gave us a hard time with postholes all over the place, but we are nearly done with them. 💪🏼
Ros from #Underground came and helped with her GNSS survey equipment. I can't wait to work on the map 🗺️
Last day tomorrow... 🥁
August 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 14:
Excavation is coming to an end. Area 3 gave us a hard time with postholes all over the place, but we are nearly done with them. 💪🏼
Ros from #Underground came and helped with her GNSS survey equipment. I can't wait to work on the map 🗺️
Last day tomorrow... 🥁
Excavation is coming to an end. Area 3 gave us a hard time with postholes all over the place, but we are nearly done with them. 💪🏼
Ros from #Underground came and helped with her GNSS survey equipment. I can't wait to work on the map 🗺️
Last day tomorrow... 🥁
St Lawrence excavation, Day 13:
In Area 2, the top part of the fill of Ditch 14 gave us a little surprise. 🎁
What looked like a domestic oven at first is more likely to be a wall that went through high temperature. A section would help to understand but in the meantime, we got sherds! 🤌🏼
In Area 2, the top part of the fill of Ditch 14 gave us a little surprise. 🎁
What looked like a domestic oven at first is more likely to be a wall that went through high temperature. A section would help to understand but in the meantime, we got sherds! 🤌🏼
August 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 13:
In Area 2, the top part of the fill of Ditch 14 gave us a little surprise. 🎁
What looked like a domestic oven at first is more likely to be a wall that went through high temperature. A section would help to understand but in the meantime, we got sherds! 🤌🏼
In Area 2, the top part of the fill of Ditch 14 gave us a little surprise. 🎁
What looked like a domestic oven at first is more likely to be a wall that went through high temperature. A section would help to understand but in the meantime, we got sherds! 🤌🏼
St Lawrence excavation, Day 12:
Today was our Open Day and we had a busy afternoon with the visits! Many thanks to the public for the interest and the lovely discussions we had. 🫰🏼
Now it's time to finish the dig and, as usual, the unexpected things will pop up soon... 😬
Today was our Open Day and we had a busy afternoon with the visits! Many thanks to the public for the interest and the lovely discussions we had. 🫰🏼
Now it's time to finish the dig and, as usual, the unexpected things will pop up soon... 😬
August 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 12:
Today was our Open Day and we had a busy afternoon with the visits! Many thanks to the public for the interest and the lovely discussions we had. 🫰🏼
Now it's time to finish the dig and, as usual, the unexpected things will pop up soon... 😬
Today was our Open Day and we had a busy afternoon with the visits! Many thanks to the public for the interest and the lovely discussions we had. 🫰🏼
Now it's time to finish the dig and, as usual, the unexpected things will pop up soon... 😬
St Lawrence excavation, Day 11:
We're now moving to Area 3 where thirty features were waiting for us - mostly postholes! 🕳️
Hopefully the depth, the fills and the finds will help to play dot-to-dot during the post-excavation phase. 🤞🏼
We're now moving to Area 3 where thirty features were waiting for us - mostly postholes! 🕳️
Hopefully the depth, the fills and the finds will help to play dot-to-dot during the post-excavation phase. 🤞🏼
August 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 11:
We're now moving to Area 3 where thirty features were waiting for us - mostly postholes! 🕳️
Hopefully the depth, the fills and the finds will help to play dot-to-dot during the post-excavation phase. 🤞🏼
We're now moving to Area 3 where thirty features were waiting for us - mostly postholes! 🕳️
Hopefully the depth, the fills and the finds will help to play dot-to-dot during the post-excavation phase. 🤞🏼
St Lawrence excavation, Day 10:
Tahnee organised a few sessions with @jerseyheritage.bsky.social for the Young Archaeologists' Club (YAC). It is always a pleasure to have children involved with the dig! 👨👨👦👦
Here, she is showing the "wall" she's been excavated and a few pottery sherds found inside. 🏺
Tahnee organised a few sessions with @jerseyheritage.bsky.social for the Young Archaeologists' Club (YAC). It is always a pleasure to have children involved with the dig! 👨👨👦👦
Here, she is showing the "wall" she's been excavated and a few pottery sherds found inside. 🏺
August 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 10:
Tahnee organised a few sessions with @jerseyheritage.bsky.social for the Young Archaeologists' Club (YAC). It is always a pleasure to have children involved with the dig! 👨👨👦👦
Here, she is showing the "wall" she's been excavated and a few pottery sherds found inside. 🏺
Tahnee organised a few sessions with @jerseyheritage.bsky.social for the Young Archaeologists' Club (YAC). It is always a pleasure to have children involved with the dig! 👨👨👦👦
Here, she is showing the "wall" she's been excavated and a few pottery sherds found inside. 🏺
St Lawrence excavation, Day 9:
Meet the Team! 👥
I am grateful to all our volunteers for their hard work over the last days and for their interest.
Here in #Jersey, we are so lucky to have such a dedicated team which counts many of our #SociétéJersiaise Archaeology Section's Members. 🇯🇪
Meet the Team! 👥
I am grateful to all our volunteers for their hard work over the last days and for their interest.
Here in #Jersey, we are so lucky to have such a dedicated team which counts many of our #SociétéJersiaise Archaeology Section's Members. 🇯🇪
August 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 9:
Meet the Team! 👥
I am grateful to all our volunteers for their hard work over the last days and for their interest.
Here in #Jersey, we are so lucky to have such a dedicated team which counts many of our #SociétéJersiaise Archaeology Section's Members. 🇯🇪
Meet the Team! 👥
I am grateful to all our volunteers for their hard work over the last days and for their interest.
Here in #Jersey, we are so lucky to have such a dedicated team which counts many of our #SociétéJersiaise Archaeology Section's Members. 🇯🇪
St Lawrence excavation, Day 8:
Halfway there already. Only a week and a half until the end of the dig.⏳
Ed and Emilia moved to Area 2 while the last features of Area 1 are getting excavated. In ditch 11, Thérésa had her first Iron Age rim sherd and even some animal teeth. Congratulations to her! 👏🏼
Halfway there already. Only a week and a half until the end of the dig.⏳
Ed and Emilia moved to Area 2 while the last features of Area 1 are getting excavated. In ditch 11, Thérésa had her first Iron Age rim sherd and even some animal teeth. Congratulations to her! 👏🏼
August 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 8:
Halfway there already. Only a week and a half until the end of the dig.⏳
Ed and Emilia moved to Area 2 while the last features of Area 1 are getting excavated. In ditch 11, Thérésa had her first Iron Age rim sherd and even some animal teeth. Congratulations to her! 👏🏼
Halfway there already. Only a week and a half until the end of the dig.⏳
Ed and Emilia moved to Area 2 while the last features of Area 1 are getting excavated. In ditch 11, Thérésa had her first Iron Age rim sherd and even some animal teeth. Congratulations to her! 👏🏼
St Lawrence excavation, Day 7:
Today was Drawing Day for a few of us, so Olli, Dave, Ruth and Tahnee have been busy taking measurements. 📐📝
In the meantime, some hidden features were recognised but a little bit of rain would help at this point...! 🌧️
Today was Drawing Day for a few of us, so Olli, Dave, Ruth and Tahnee have been busy taking measurements. 📐📝
In the meantime, some hidden features were recognised but a little bit of rain would help at this point...! 🌧️
August 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 7:
Today was Drawing Day for a few of us, so Olli, Dave, Ruth and Tahnee have been busy taking measurements. 📐📝
In the meantime, some hidden features were recognised but a little bit of rain would help at this point...! 🌧️
Today was Drawing Day for a few of us, so Olli, Dave, Ruth and Tahnee have been busy taking measurements. 📐📝
In the meantime, some hidden features were recognised but a little bit of rain would help at this point...! 🌧️
St Lawrence excavation, Day 6:
Features are getting excavated like this nice ditch which gave a little bit of pottery. The local shale is sometimes tricky and a few pits and postholes are playing hide and seek... 👀
Hopefully Marc, our Head of Archaeology Section, has his drone ready for action! 🛩️
Features are getting excavated like this nice ditch which gave a little bit of pottery. The local shale is sometimes tricky and a few pits and postholes are playing hide and seek... 👀
Hopefully Marc, our Head of Archaeology Section, has his drone ready for action! 🛩️
August 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 6:
Features are getting excavated like this nice ditch which gave a little bit of pottery. The local shale is sometimes tricky and a few pits and postholes are playing hide and seek... 👀
Hopefully Marc, our Head of Archaeology Section, has his drone ready for action! 🛩️
Features are getting excavated like this nice ditch which gave a little bit of pottery. The local shale is sometimes tricky and a few pits and postholes are playing hide and seek... 👀
Hopefully Marc, our Head of Archaeology Section, has his drone ready for action! 🛩️
St Lawrence excavation, Day 5:
At the top end of a ditch, next to the entrance of the farmstead, a nice deposit of limpets appeared. Agatha cleaned the top part today and started some drawing. 🐚
Bones might be preserved underneath...!
#Archaeology #Jersey #SociétéJersiaise
At the top end of a ditch, next to the entrance of the farmstead, a nice deposit of limpets appeared. Agatha cleaned the top part today and started some drawing. 🐚
Bones might be preserved underneath...!
#Archaeology #Jersey #SociétéJersiaise
August 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 5:
At the top end of a ditch, next to the entrance of the farmstead, a nice deposit of limpets appeared. Agatha cleaned the top part today and started some drawing. 🐚
Bones might be preserved underneath...!
#Archaeology #Jersey #SociétéJersiaise
At the top end of a ditch, next to the entrance of the farmstead, a nice deposit of limpets appeared. Agatha cleaned the top part today and started some drawing. 🐚
Bones might be preserved underneath...!
#Archaeology #Jersey #SociétéJersiaise
St Lawrence excavation, Day 4:
Features are now getting excavated and there is plenty of work for everyone. ⛏️
Cassie, who joined our Archaeology Section last year, found a lovely sherd of pottery.
#Archaeology #Jersey #SociétéJersiaise
Features are now getting excavated and there is plenty of work for everyone. ⛏️
Cassie, who joined our Archaeology Section last year, found a lovely sherd of pottery.
#Archaeology #Jersey #SociétéJersiaise
August 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 4:
Features are now getting excavated and there is plenty of work for everyone. ⛏️
Cassie, who joined our Archaeology Section last year, found a lovely sherd of pottery.
#Archaeology #Jersey #SociétéJersiaise
Features are now getting excavated and there is plenty of work for everyone. ⛏️
Cassie, who joined our Archaeology Section last year, found a lovely sherd of pottery.
#Archaeology #Jersey #SociétéJersiaise
St Lawrence excavation, Day 3:
The team has been cleaning a lot today and we are nearly done by now! 🧹
Tomorrow we will start digging and doing some test pits. A lovely feature (wall?) is seeking more attention.
Finds are expected at this point! 🏺
The team has been cleaning a lot today and we are nearly done by now! 🧹
Tomorrow we will start digging and doing some test pits. A lovely feature (wall?) is seeking more attention.
Finds are expected at this point! 🏺
August 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 3:
The team has been cleaning a lot today and we are nearly done by now! 🧹
Tomorrow we will start digging and doing some test pits. A lovely feature (wall?) is seeking more attention.
Finds are expected at this point! 🏺
The team has been cleaning a lot today and we are nearly done by now! 🧹
Tomorrow we will start digging and doing some test pits. A lovely feature (wall?) is seeking more attention.
Finds are expected at this point! 🏺
St Lawrence excavation, Day 2:
The three areas have now been opened with the digger and about 30 features have been identified so far in Area 3 - mostly postholes.
This is heaven for a Protohistorian. 👼🏼
The three areas have now been opened with the digger and about 30 features have been identified so far in Area 3 - mostly postholes.
This is heaven for a Protohistorian. 👼🏼
August 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 2:
The three areas have now been opened with the digger and about 30 features have been identified so far in Area 3 - mostly postholes.
This is heaven for a Protohistorian. 👼🏼
The three areas have now been opened with the digger and about 30 features have been identified so far in Area 3 - mostly postholes.
This is heaven for a Protohistorian. 👼🏼
St Lawrence excavation, Day 1:
The first ditch appears and it is massive! We are digging the entrance of a farmstead and finds will help to date the site - possibly from the Iron Age.❓
In the meantime, limpets are back in the trench once again! 🐚
The first ditch appears and it is massive! We are digging the entrance of a farmstead and finds will help to date the site - possibly from the Iron Age.❓
In the meantime, limpets are back in the trench once again! 🐚
August 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
St Lawrence excavation, Day 1:
The first ditch appears and it is massive! We are digging the entrance of a farmstead and finds will help to date the site - possibly from the Iron Age.❓
In the meantime, limpets are back in the trench once again! 🐚
The first ditch appears and it is massive! We are digging the entrance of a farmstead and finds will help to date the site - possibly from the Iron Age.❓
In the meantime, limpets are back in the trench once again! 🐚
Smells Like Dig Spirit ⛏️
The next excavation of the #SociétéJersiaise is starting next week.
Regular updates incoming!
The next excavation of the #SociétéJersiaise is starting next week.
Regular updates incoming!
August 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Smells Like Dig Spirit ⛏️
The next excavation of the #SociétéJersiaise is starting next week.
Regular updates incoming!
The next excavation of the #SociétéJersiaise is starting next week.
Regular updates incoming!
Our dig at Vieux‑Vy‑sur‑Couesnon (Brittany, France) started a few days ago. ⛏️
We’re uncovering a 2,000‑year‑old murus gallicus gateway at one of the Riedones’ oppidum.
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We’re uncovering a 2,000‑year‑old murus gallicus gateway at one of the Riedones’ oppidum.
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⛏️ Top départ pour un sondage archéologique programmé à Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon (35). | Yann Dufay-Garel
⛏️ Top départ pour un sondage archéologique programmé à Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon (35). Pendant trois semaines, une équipe conjointe d’#Eveha et de la #SociétéJersiaise explore les vestiges de la porte pr...
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June 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Our dig at Vieux‑Vy‑sur‑Couesnon (Brittany, France) started a few days ago. ⛏️
We’re uncovering a 2,000‑year‑old murus gallicus gateway at one of the Riedones’ oppidum.
www.linkedin.com/posts/yann-d...
We’re uncovering a 2,000‑year‑old murus gallicus gateway at one of the Riedones’ oppidum.
www.linkedin.com/posts/yann-d...
🚧 Dig season begins!
Back in the field from today through August - starting with a 2 week excavation in Brittany. 🇫🇷
This first project is a collaboration between @eveha.bsky.social and the Field Archaeology Department of the Société Jersiaise. 🤝
Updates soon from the trench! 🏺
#Archaeology #Brittany
Back in the field from today through August - starting with a 2 week excavation in Brittany. 🇫🇷
This first project is a collaboration between @eveha.bsky.social and the Field Archaeology Department of the Société Jersiaise. 🤝
Updates soon from the trench! 🏺
#Archaeology #Brittany
June 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
🚧 Dig season begins!
Back in the field from today through August - starting with a 2 week excavation in Brittany. 🇫🇷
This first project is a collaboration between @eveha.bsky.social and the Field Archaeology Department of the Société Jersiaise. 🤝
Updates soon from the trench! 🏺
#Archaeology #Brittany
Back in the field from today through August - starting with a 2 week excavation in Brittany. 🇫🇷
This first project is a collaboration between @eveha.bsky.social and the Field Archaeology Department of the Société Jersiaise. 🤝
Updates soon from the trench! 🏺
#Archaeology #Brittany
Reposted by Dr Hervé Duval-Gatignol
Great morning at the Island and Island Studies Conference 2025, Jersey. Great and powerful opening talks Sean Dettman, Helen Dawson, Stuart Fell and Jon Carter. @jicasjsy.bsky.social
#WeDoIslands @jerseyheritage.bsky.social
#WeDoIslands @jerseyheritage.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Great morning at the Island and Island Studies Conference 2025, Jersey. Great and powerful opening talks Sean Dettman, Helen Dawson, Stuart Fell and Jon Carter. @jicasjsy.bsky.social
#WeDoIslands @jerseyheritage.bsky.social
#WeDoIslands @jerseyheritage.bsky.social
Thank you @jpdemoule.bsky.social, Jean Guilaine, Jean-Jacques Hublin and @sophie-krausz.bsky.social for your op-ed in @lemonde.fr. 📰
Hopefully, it will be a warning for the French public about the threats facing archaeology. 💪
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
Hopefully, it will be a warning for the French public about the threats facing archaeology. 💪
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
« Le projet de loi de “simplification de la vie économique” met notre patrimoine archéologique en danger »
TRIBUNE. Alors que 50 000 hectares de terres sont artificialisés chaque année en France, on ne réalise en moyenne que 450 fouilles en application de la loi la préservation du patrimoine. Dans une trib...
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April 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Thank you @jpdemoule.bsky.social, Jean Guilaine, Jean-Jacques Hublin and @sophie-krausz.bsky.social for your op-ed in @lemonde.fr. 📰
Hopefully, it will be a warning for the French public about the threats facing archaeology. 💪
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
Hopefully, it will be a warning for the French public about the threats facing archaeology. 💪
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
Already 2,000 signatures. 👇
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Preparing for the future should never mean forgetting the past. ⌛
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Preparing for the future should never mean forgetting the past. ⌛
Signez la pétition
Sauvons le patrimoine archéologique !
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April 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Already 2,000 signatures. 👇
chng.it/rKhqtyFWfD
Preparing for the future should never mean forgetting the past. ⌛
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Preparing for the future should never mean forgetting the past. ⌛
Following my previous post, next is a Simplification of Economic Life mentioning (Art. 15 bis C, para. 18) that major national projects would no longer be subject to (Preventive) Archaeology "obligations". 👷♂️🚫👷♀️
Praise the work at Notre-Dame, yet prevent archaeologists from repeating it elsewhere. 💣
Praise the work at Notre-Dame, yet prevent archaeologists from repeating it elsewhere. 💣
April 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Following my previous post, next is a Simplification of Economic Life mentioning (Art. 15 bis C, para. 18) that major national projects would no longer be subject to (Preventive) Archaeology "obligations". 👷♂️🚫👷♀️
Praise the work at Notre-Dame, yet prevent archaeologists from repeating it elsewhere. 💣
Praise the work at Notre-Dame, yet prevent archaeologists from repeating it elsewhere. 💣
A necessary strike in response to incessant budget cuts and worrying proposals. ⚖️
But where are the answers?
Full support to the archaeologists standing up to protect our heritage and to avoid having to say one day: "Nous fouillions, c’était votre histoire." ✊
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
But where are the answers?
Full support to the archaeologists standing up to protect our heritage and to avoid having to say one day: "Nous fouillions, c’était votre histoire." ✊
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
Un mouvement social dans les organismes de fouilles préventives, en quête de budget
A l’Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives et dans les services régionaux de l’archéologie, les agents dénoncent des moyens insuffisants.
www.lemonde.fr
April 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A necessary strike in response to incessant budget cuts and worrying proposals. ⚖️
But where are the answers?
Full support to the archaeologists standing up to protect our heritage and to avoid having to say one day: "Nous fouillions, c’était votre histoire." ✊
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
But where are the answers?
Full support to the archaeologists standing up to protect our heritage and to avoid having to say one day: "Nous fouillions, c’était votre histoire." ✊
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
For #FindsFriday, a great example of solidarity. This ring was lost by a volunteer working on @jerseyheritage.bsky.social Neolithic Longhouse… and found again! 💍
Sadly, it won’t become an artefact for future archaeologists! A reminder that good things happen when we work together. 🫂
Sadly, it won’t become an artefact for future archaeologists! A reminder that good things happen when we work together. 🫂
April 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
For #FindsFriday, a great example of solidarity. This ring was lost by a volunteer working on @jerseyheritage.bsky.social Neolithic Longhouse… and found again! 💍
Sadly, it won’t become an artefact for future archaeologists! A reminder that good things happen when we work together. 🫂
Sadly, it won’t become an artefact for future archaeologists! A reminder that good things happen when we work together. 🫂
Reposted by Dr Hervé Duval-Gatignol
"Quite simply, this is one of the most important and exciting Iron Age period discoveries made in the UK"
Historic England Press release on the Melsonby hoard 👇👇
historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
Historic England Press release on the Melsonby hoard 👇👇
historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
Iron Age Hoard Discovery Alters Our Understanding of Life in Britain 2,000 Years Ago | Historic England
The Melsonby Hoard, a vast deposit of more than 800 items, provides an archaeological time capsule from the Iron Age around 2,000 years ago.
historicengland.org.uk
March 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
"Quite simply, this is one of the most important and exciting Iron Age period discoveries made in the UK"
Historic England Press release on the Melsonby hoard 👇👇
historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
Historic England Press release on the Melsonby hoard 👇👇
historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...