Ravenshead Parish Council to install plaque commemorating Fishpool Hoard discovery
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Updated · BBC.com · Apr 25
Ravenshead Parish Council to install plaque commemorating Fishpool Hoard discovery
12 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Apr 25
The plaque will be placed at Cambourne Gardens, near the 1966 site where over 1,200 medieval gold coins and nine pieces of jewellery were unearthed in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire.
The Fishpool Hoard, valued at up to £500,000, remains the UK's largest medieval gold coin find and is now displayed at the British Museum, with only minor recognition in the local area until now.
The discovery sparked controversy, including allegations of theft and police misconduct, and the true identity of a man who sold part of the hoard remains a mystery decades later.
Was the Fishpool Hoard a lost royal war chest, or does a different theory explain its origin?
How would modern law treat the workers who initially concealed parts of the Fishpool Hoard?
The hoard was worth 36 years' wages in 1464. What is its estimated total value today?
Why were the workmen who pocketed priceless medieval gold coins never prosecuted for their actions?
Beyond a TV show, how did finding medieval treasure at age five shape David Welham's life?
Has the 60-year mystery of the phantom coin seller 'Hewlitt Cosgrove Thompson' finally been solved?