Site Event/Activity record ECH2935 - Bridgemere Bronze Hoard Discovery

A hoard of four bronze tools were found whilst prospecting with a metal detector in a ploughed field at Bridgemere, near Nantwich, Cheshire. The find spot is just at the north side of the highest point in the immediate area (NGR SJ 7162 4538, height A.O.D 78 m). At the point where the find was made the plough catches the subsoil and the ghost of what may be a ploughed out mound may be seen. The finder described finding the objects at a depth of about 50cm below the soil surface and in undisturbed subsoil. They were all together and stacked except for pieces of the dagger which had become dispersed over about a 1 metre radius (1).