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Fishpool Hoard

Near Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire

The largest medieval gold hoard ever found in Britain.

In 1966 workmen digging foundations at Fishpool found 1,237 gold coins along with rings, brooches and a padlock. The hoard was hidden around 1464, during the Wars of the Roses.

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When
Found 1966
Where
53.0800, -1.1700
Group
Lost treasure

Visiting

Pieces are held at the British Museum.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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