Whorlton Hoard
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The Whorlton Hoard is a Romano-British hoard of coinage and metalwork found at Whorlton, North Yorkshire, discovered in 1810, and dating to the late fourth or early fifth centuries AD.[1]
The hoard was discovered by a farmworker sloughing at Whorle Hill, near Whorlton, North Yorkshire in spring 1810. They identified a leather bag containing a metal vessel which contained the coins and metalwork. It was reported to weigh a total of 2 stone (13 kg). The landowner, the Earl of Aylesbury took possession of the find shortly afterwards.[2]
Parts of the hoard were purchased by the British Museum in 1857 from an Alfred Jackson.[3] Other parts are in the collection of the Rotunda Museum.[1]