Bronze Age treasure to return to Wales

The artefacts have been declared treasure and will return to north Wales to be displayed

A collection of Bronze Age artefacts discovered by a metal-detector are set to go on display at a north Wales museum.

The hoard, which was found in 2017 by Colin Rivett in Abergele, Conwy county, is made up of 13 artefacts dated to the late Bronze Age.

They include bronze socketed axes, palstaves - an early bronze axe - and sword chapes, which were fitted on the end of a sword or dagger scabbard.

The items, which were declared treasure last year, date back to between 1200 and 700BC and provide new evidence for Late Bronze Age occupation in the county.

Now the collection will return to Wales, to be displayed at Conwy Culture Centre.

Conwy Museums Service purchased the artefacts with funding from Arts Council England and The Headley Trust.

Rachel Evans, museum development and accreditation support officer, said: “We are immensely excited to bring this Bronze Age hoard home to Conwy county.

“It enriches the history of Bronze Age north Wales and offers new stories of what people were doing here during this time.”