Overview
- Planning-led excavation in summer 2025 uncovered the hoard on undisclosed private land in west Norfolk.
- Finds comprise a near-complete carnyx, a sheet-bronze boar’s head from a military standard, five shield bosses and an unidentified iron object, with some coverage noting parts of another carnyx.
- Archaeologists say the deposit likely dates to the first century AD in Iceni territory, though any link to Boudicca’s tribe remains unproven.
- Historic England notes the trumpet is one of only three known from Britain and among the most complete in Europe, describing the assemblage as internationally significant.
- The objects were lifted in a soil block, scanned and are under stabilization at Norfolk Museums Service, with a coroner to decide Treasure status early in 2026 and a BBC Two feature due January 14.