The teamwork behind the discovery of the Melsonby Hoard has been recognised with a national award from one of the UK’s leading archaeological publications.

The Melsonby Hoard - an internationally significant Iron Age find excavated by our Department of Archaeology, including our Archaeological Services team - will go on display to the public later this year.

The Melsonby Hoard has been nominated for a national award by one of the UK’s leading archaeological publications.

One of the UK’s largest and most important Iron Age finds – excavated by archaeologists at Durham University – has been saved for the nation.

The discovery of the Melsonby Hoard has captured the imagination of people around the world.

The Melsonby Hoard was unearthed by our archaeologists here at Durham University. Duncan Garrow, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading, gives an independent view of the hoard’s importance.

Our archaeologists have excavated one of the largest and most important Iron Age finds in the UK.