Bronze Age Hoard found at Blackmoor, Selborne, Hampshire

Bronze Age Hoard including bronze swords, spear heads, chapes, rings etc., found at Blackmoor, Selborne, Hampshire

Part of the Late Bronze Age ‘Blackmoor Hoard’ found in 1870. Sixty-four items, consisting of sword blades, spearheads large and small, rings, ferrules and chapes exist locally, while another 54 pieces in the British Museum may have come from the same source. Many of the items show deliberate damage – perhaps a ‘ritual killing’ before being thrown into a pool or lake. Parts of spear shafts (hazel) survive in some of the sockets.

Sitefind, Chance find, Bronze Age Hoard including bronze swords, spear heads, chapes, rings etc., found Blackmoor, Selborne, Hampshire