A BRONZE Age hoard thought to have been buried more than 3,000 years ago as an offering to the gods was yesterday declared treasure after being found on a Welsh farm.
The collection of 13 bronze artefacts, including part of a bronze bracelet, fragments of a large bronze spearhead and a complete bronze socketed axe, will go on public display after the declaration by the coroner for Carmarthenshire.
Novice metal detecting enthusiast Kevin Sawyer made the discovery on land in St Ishmael, Carmarthenshire last June.
The hoard has since been identified and reported on by museum archaeologists at the National Museum Wales and is thought to date from between 1000-800BC.
Mr Sawyer, who lives in the village of Ponthenry near Llanelli, only took up the hobby six weeks before the incredible find. Read more.