Lost treasure

51 places across Britain and Ireland

• Cheapside HoardCheapside, London · A goldsmith's stock of jewels found by workmen under a cellar floor.
• Corbridge LanxCorbridge, Northumberland · A Roman silver tray found on a riverbank by a young girl.
• Cuerdale HoardNear Preston, Lancashire · A chest of Viking silver falls out of a riverbank.
• Fishpool HoardNear Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire · The largest medieval gold hoard ever found in Britain.
• Frome HoardNear Frome, Somerset · More than 52,000 Roman coins crammed into a single pot.
• Galloway HoardNear Kirkcudbright, Galloway · A Viking-age treasure, wrapped in silk and buried for 1,000 years.
• Hoxne HoardHoxne, Suffolk · A farmer's lost hammer leads to the greatest Roman hoard in Britain.
• King John's TreasureThe Wash, Lincolnshire · England's crown jewels, swallowed by the tide and never seen again.
• Mildenhall TreasureWest Row, Suffolk · Roman silver dug up by a ploughman and kept on a sideboard for four years.
• Rillaton CupNear Minions, Bodmin Moor · A Bronze Age gold cup that ended up holding a king's collar studs.
• Staffordshire HoardHammerwich, Staffordshire · The largest Anglo-Saxon gold hoard ever found, under a farmer's field.
• Sutton HooNear Woodbridge, Suffolk · A buried ship packed with royal treasure, found on the eve of war.
• The Ardagh ChaliceArdagh, County Limerick · One of the finest pieces of medieval metalwork in Europe, found by boys digging potatoes.
• The Broighter GoldBroighter, County Londonderry · A tiny golden boat with oars and a mast, ploughed up in a field.
• The Burton HoardBurton, near Wrexham · Bronze Age gold jewellery found by a metal detectorist.
• The Caergwrle BowlCaergwrle, Flintshire · A Bronze Age boat-shaped bowl decorated with gold, found by a workman.
• The Capel Garmon FiredogCapel Garmon, Conwy · An iron firedog with ox heads, found in a peat bog.
• The Coleraine HoardBallinrees, County Londonderry · The largest hoard of Roman silver ever found in Ireland.
• The Crosby Garrett HelmetCrosby Garrett, Cumbria · A stunning Roman face-mask helmet that sold for over £2 million.
• The Derrynaflan HoardDerrynaflan, County Tipperary · A silver chalice found by detectorists, and a long legal battle.
• The Dolgellau ChaliceNear Dolgellau, Gwynedd · A gold-plated chalice hidden by monks and found by gold miners.
• The Faddan More PsalterFaddan More, County Tipperary · A 1,200-year-old book of psalms found in a bog by a digger.
• The Gleninsheen GorgetThe Burren, County Clare · A golden collar found tucked in a rock crevice by a farmer.
• The Hackney HoardHackney, London · Gold coins buried by a refugee in the war, found by a man digging a pond.
• The Herefordshire HoardNear Leominster, Herefordshire · A Viking-age hoard that detectorists kept secret, and most of it is still missing.
• The Hunterston BroochHunterston, Ayrshire · A gold brooch with a Viking's name scratched on the back.
• The Ipswich TorcsBelstead Brook estate, Ipswich, Suffolk · Gold neck rings dug up by a mechanical digger on a building site.
• The Leekfrith TorcsLeekfrith, Staffordshire · The oldest Iron Age gold ever found in Britain, found in a farmer's field.
• The Lenborough HoardNear Buckingham, Buckinghamshire · Over 5,000 Anglo-Saxon coins found on a club detecting day.
• The Lewis ChessmenUig, Isle of Lewis · Medieval chess pieces carved from walrus ivory, buried in the sand.
• The Loch Arkaig TreasureLoch Arkaig, Lochaber · Jacobite gold that vanished after Culloden.
• The Lough Kinale Book ShrineLough Kinale, County Longford · A decorated box for a holy book, found by divers in a lake.
• The Mold Gold CapeBryn yr Ellyllon, Flintshire · A ghost in golden armour, then a golden cape found in the same mound.
• The Monymusk ReliquaryMonymusk, Aberdeenshire · A tiny house-shaped casket said to have been carried at Bannockburn.
• The Mooghaun HoardNear Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare · The biggest prehistoric gold hoard in western Europe, mostly melted down.
• The Norrie's Law HoardLargo, Fife · Pictish silver that the finder secretly melted down.
• The Pentney BroochesPentney, Norfolk · Anglo-Saxon silver brooches dug up by a gravedigger.
• The Ringlemere CupRinglemere, near Sandwich, Kent · A crumpled Bronze Age gold cup found by a metal detectorist.
• The Seaton Down HoardNear Seaton, Devon · 22,000 Roman coins buried in a field above the sea.
• The Silverdale HoardSilverdale, Lancashire · A Viking silver hoard with a coin of a king nobody had heard of.
• The St Ninian's Isle TreasureSt Ninian's Isle, Shetland · Pictish silver found by a schoolboy under a stone slab in a ruined church.
• The Stirling HoardNear Stirling · Four gold torcs found by a first-time metal detectorist.
• The Stolen Irish Crown JewelsDublin Castle · Jewels stolen from a locked safe days before a royal visit, never found.
• The Tara BroochBettystown, County Meath · A dazzling brooch said to have been found by a child on the beach.
• The Thetford TreasureThetford, Norfolk · Roman gold jewellery and silver spoons dedicated to a forgotten woodland god.
• The Tobermory GalleonTobermory Bay, Isle of Mull · A ship of the Spanish Armada explodes in the harbour, gold and all.
• The Trawsfynydd TankardTrawsfynydd, Gwynedd · A 2,000-year-old drinking tankard found in a Welsh bog.
• The Tregwynt HoardTregwynt, Pembrokeshire · Civil War gold and silver coins hidden in a garden, found during building work.
• The Water Newton TreasureWater Newton, Cambridgeshire · The earliest known Christian church silver from anywhere in the Roman Empire.
• Traprain Law TreasureNear East Linton, East Lothian · Roman silver, cut up for payment, buried on a Scottish hill.
• Vale of York HoardNear Harrogate, North Yorkshire · A Viking silver cup packed with coins and treasure.