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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Dalya Alberge

Mystery of Jersey’s huge iron age hoard may have been solved

Closeup of gold torques
Gold torques found in the field at Le Câtillon in Jersey. Photograph: Jersey Heritage

The mystery of why the world’s largest iron age Celtic hoard was buried on the south-east coast of Jersey more than 2,000 years ago may have been solved by archaeologists.

When about 70,000 silver coins, 11 gold torques and jewellery were unearthed in a field at Le Câtillon in the Grouville district in 2012, experts were unable to explain why they had been transported to a remote and unpopulated area with dangerous coastal reefs.

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