Bronze Age hos found in Wiltshire with rare anvils –

A bronze age copper alloy tool was found in Urchfont, Wiltshire, including extremely rare anvils. Hosted dates are available for dates. 1650-900 BC, considered to be the collection of metal workers.

Last February, a metal detective discovered the first piece, a tangled chisel. Once he realized there was a hoard, he stopped digging and reminded Wiltshire that the contact person who discovered the discovery. Some objects were unearthed at the site, including fragments of copper alloy plates and copper alloy rods. Archaeologists lift the rest of the holocaust in a soil block under laboratory conditions at the British Museum for micro-digging.

Soil block excavation found more copper alloy plates, plug blades, a cycle of light-colored axes, at least two decorative copper alloy containers, sheet metal fragments and a small copper alloy bar that might be Probably part of a chisel or other gadget. Organic and charred materials were also found, preserved in dense soil.

Two casting basins with thorns (channels filled through molds) pointing toward the ho-stack owner is a metal craftsman, while the anvil is small and small silver, which shows that he does a good job in precious metals, so Goldshow instead of blacksmith.

The Wiltshire Museum hopes to obtain hoards.