This article is from Current Archaeology issue 389
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A Bronze Age hoard containing 20 artefacts – including a large spearhead, three small spear fragments, a bracelet fragment, nine ribbed socketed axes, two plain socketed axes, one faceted axe, two sheet bronze fragments, and a casting jet – has been declared treasure by Paul Bennett, Acting Senior Coroner for Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.
The hoard, which dates from 1000-800 BC, was found by Richard Trew while metal-detecting in Llanddeusant Community, Carmarthenshire, in November 2020.
According to investigations carried out by Dyfed Archaeological Trust and Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales (with funding from Cadw), the items were buried together in a specially dug pit, far from any Bronze Age settlement.
