An exciting discovery has been made at Dovedale!
An excavation in Dovedale unearthed a hoard of Late Iron Age and Republican Roman coins, the first time coins of these two origins are thought to have been found buried together in a cave in Britain.
The discovery
at Reynard’s Kitchen Cave is significant because not only is it unusual to
find Late Iron Age gold coins, but to unearth them actually within a cave
setting adds to the mystery surrounding them.
The initial discovery of four coins
was made by a member of the public which led the National Trust to carry
out a full excavation of the cave.
“In total we found twenty six coins, including
three Roman coins which pre-date the invasion of Britain in AD 43,” explains
National Trust archaeologist, Rachael Hall.
