Chiseldon cauldron

The excavation and conservation of an Iron Age cauldron.

In November 2004, a metal detector user discovered 12 cauldrons dating back to the Iron Age (around 800 BC – around AD 43), buried in a pit near the village of Chiseldon in Wiltshire, England. This chance find was carefully excavated by professional archaeologists and conservators from the British Museum.

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