Overview
- The hoard was uncovered during a routine, planning-led excavation on privately owned land in west Norfolk in summer 2025.
- Finds include a rare carnyx battle trumpet, a sheet-bronze boar’s head from a military standard, five shield bosses and an unidentified iron object.
- Historic England says the carnyx is one of only three known from Britain and among the most complete examples in Europe.
- The items were lifted in a soil block, scanned and are now undergoing conservation by Norfolk Museums Service due to their fragile condition.
- Historic England is coordinating work with Pre-Construct Archaeology and National Museums Scotland, a coroner will assess the hoard’s legal status in early 2026, and the discovery features on BBC Two’s Digging For Britain on January 14.