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team, on the same farm, only a few hundred metres south along the road, the Hoxne Hoard was discovered by a metal detectorist on 16 November 1992. The Hoard consists of 14,865 Roman gold, silver and bronze coins from the late fourth and early fifth centuries and approximately 200 items of silver tableware and gold jewelry. These objects are now in the
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The heathen Danes offered him his crown and his life if he would deny the
Christian faith, but he continued steadfast, and when he was dragged on to the bridge, he pronounced a malediction (or warning) on all who should afterwards pass over it on their way to be married, the dread of which is still
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The Hoxne Hoard, found in 1992, is the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered in
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After defending his people with great valour, Edmund was at last defeated in a battle fought near Hoxne in
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geological warming period in Europe. Accordingly, in
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in London, where the most important pieces and a selection of the rest are on permanent display. In 1993, the
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made extensive excavations at Frere's site for five years between 1971 and 1978. They confirmed the date of the handaxes as ca 400,000 years BP, coincident with the
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