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The Hoard from West Buckland, Somerset

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2011

Robin J. Taylor
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Summary

The small Middle Bronze Age hoard from West Buckland, Somerset has been assumed to be lost since its publication in 1880. Plaster casts still exist of the objects in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. Parallels are given for these objects and their chronology discussed. The way in which the casts may have reached the collection is considered. The circumstances of the find are also discussed, with the possibility that these objects may be from a burial, thus raising the question of our definition of hoards.

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Research Article
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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , March 1982 , pp. 13 - 17
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1982

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