Knaresborough_Hoard
Knaresborough Hoard
Metalwork hoard from North Yorkshire, England
The Knaresborough Hoard is a hoard of Romano-British metalwork from near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. It is the largest hoard of Romano-British copper-alloy vessels discovered to date in Britain.[1] A partial catalogue of the hoard was published by Eggers in 1966.[2] Between 2019 and 2021 it was studied as part of the Knaresborough and Irchester Roman Hoards Project (KNIROH) at Newcastle University.[3]
Two important Roman roads ran through the area: Cade’s Road on the eastern side and Dere Street to the west, a major route to York and Hadrian’s Wall. There were a number of wealthy Roman villas in the area and the hoard may have come from one of these.[4]