Melsonby Hoard

The Melsonby Hoard is a hoard of Iron Age items found buried in a field near the village of Melsonby in North Yorkshire, England, by Peter Heads, an amateur metal-detectorist, in December 2021. Archaeologists from Durham University excavated the site in 2022 with funding from Historic England. The artefacts are from the time of the Roman Empire, and show pottery, weaponry, use of the wheel, metallurgy and status symbolism. The find was publicised in March 2025, coinciding with the temporary display of a number of the items at the Yorkshire Museum in York.