List of hoards in the Channel Islands

At least fifteen hoards have been found in the Channel Islands since the early 18th century, most of them in Jersey, and only one each in Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. Of the known hoards, about a third date to the Bronze Age and are mostly founder's hoards comprising broken tools, weapons and other scrap metal buried with the intention of recovery at a later date for use in casting new bronze items. Another third are hoards of Iron Age Celtic coins, mostly coins called staters cast in debased silver (billon alloy), the majority deriving from Armorica (modern Brittany and Normandy in France), but some deriving from Southern Britain.^[1] The remaining hoards comprise Roman coins, some of which may have been buried by Armorican Celts fleeing from Roman armies during the campaigns of Julius Caesar in the mid 1st century B.C.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag

Bronze Age hoards

The table below list hoards that are associated with the Bronze Age, approximately 1300 BC to 700 BC.

Iron Age hoards

The table below list hoards that are associated with the Iron Age, approximately 8th century BC to the 1st century AD.

Hoard	Image	Date	Place of discovery	Year of discovery	Current Location	Contents
Grouville Hoard		-9950 1st century B.C.	Jersey, Grouville Grouville Jersey [ ⚑ ] 49°11′N 2°03′W / 49.19°N 2.05°W / 49.19; -2.05 (Grouville Hoard)	2012	In the hands of Jersey Heritage (not on display)	30,000 – 50,000 late Iron Age Celtic and Roman coins, as well as some items of silver and gold jewellery[6]
La Marquanderie Hoard		0050 mid 1st century AD	Jersey, Saint Brelade Saint Brélade Jersey [ ⚑ ] 49°11′15″N 2°11′58″W / 49.1875°N 2.1995°W / 49.1875; -2.1995 (La Marquanderie Hoard)	1935		10,547 Armorican coins, almost all issued by the Curiosolitae[2]
Le Câtillon Hoard		-9950 mid 1st century BC	Jersey, Grouville Grouville Jersey [ ⚑ ] 49°11′41″N 2°03′09″W / 49.1946°N 2.0525°W / 49.1946; -2.0525 (Le Câtillon Hoard)	1957	Dispersed, but the La Hougue Bie Museum holds some coins	about 2,500 Armorican, Belgic and Southern British Iron Age coins, most billon staters issued by the Curiosolitae, as well as some pieces of jewellery, including fragments of a gold torque, several silver and bronze fibulae, a silver chain and some bronze rings[1][2]
Rozel Hoard (1820)		-9960 mid 1st century B.C.	Jersey, Saint Martin Le Câtel, Rozel, Saint Martin Jersey [ ⚑ ] 49°14′17″N 2°03′18″W / 49.238°N 2.055°W / 49.238; -2.055 (Rozel Hoard (1820))	1820	Lost	At least 982 Armorican billon staters, mostly issued by the Curiosolitae[7]
Rozel Hoard (1875)		-9960 mid 1st century B.C. (c. 40 B.C.)	Jersey, Saint Martin Little Caesarea, Rozel, Saint Martin Jersey [ ⚑ ] 49°14′13″N 2°02′53″W / 49.237°N 2.048°W / 49.237; -2.048 (Rozel Hoard (1875))	1875	Mostly lost, some at the British Museum, London	Several thousand coins (drawings of 700 of them are known)[8]

Roman hoards

The table below list hoards of Roman artefacts and Roman coins.

See also

• List of hoards in Great Britain
• List of hoards in Ireland
• List of hoards in the Isle of Man
• List of metal detecting finds
• History of Guernsey
• History of Jersey

Footnotes

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