A Privilege

Doubts are still unclear about the person who was buried along with the discovery. Some suspects it to be a chieftain whereas some believe it to be a queen. As far as the tooth is concerned, it is believed that it belonged to a horse. In case if you don’t know then in Iron age it was a tradition of burying chief of high rank with their belongings such as chariots, tack, horses, and their arms. Mike clarified, “Often the wheels were laid flat.” “But this one appeared to have been buried intact. It could have had the chieftain or queen sitting in it. There would have been a mound over it but that has gone.”     

Horses And Who?

Soon, the general public was barred from entering the particular site. Interestingly, the radar installed in the forbidden site brought some unexpected things to the light. The workers were taking the help of a technology named geophysics that does the work of mapping structures tucked beneath the earth. As expected the instrument did reveal a 12m circular earthwork surrounding the burial aka ring ditch.   

Ring Ditch

There was a lot to discover on that particular site. Soon, they found two more burials in ring ditches. Along with a complex of walls many other features came to surface. Mike explained, “The actual field is very large and it is only in the corner of this field. But the settlement is also going into other nearby fields.” 

Quarantined

Adam Gwilt who happens to be the principal curator of prehistoric archaeology opened up, “These chariot pieces may have been witness to some of the historical events of the time, as Iron Age peoples defended their ways of life and identities, in the face of an expanding Roman empire. Something like this takes a lot of organization and funding as well so we’ve been working with a number of partners to put together what’s needed to do a continuing investigation.” 

Ongoing Investigation


He said, “Something like this takes a lot of organization and funding as well so we’ve been working with a number of partners to put together what’s needed to do a continuing investigation.” So next is how much these artifacts got him. 

Iron Age


Smith explained, “You’re definitely talking six or seven figures.” He hoped to get £1million for it. He said, “It’s the biggest ever metal detecting find, as in there’s never been a chariot ever discovered by a metal detectorist. There have been hoards found, but never anything like this.”