Herefordshire Hoard

The Herefordshire Hoard is one of the most significant early medieval hoards ever discovered in western Britain. 

Buried in 878 AD, it was rediscovered in 2015 in circumstance that led to the Hoard being at the heart of one of the UK’s biggest ever heritage crimes.  

In total six men have been convicted in two separate trials and sentenced to a combined jail term of more than 21 years, and a £1.2 million ‘proceeds of crime’ order. Only around 10% of its more than 300-strong contents have been recovered so far.