Recovered Hoards
The Gundestrup Cauldron
Found 1891 · Himmerland, Denmark
FoundThe prize. A great silver cauldron from a bog
Where. Himmerland, Denmark
Status. Found
Where. Himmerland, Denmark
Status. Found
The account
Peat cutters in a Danish bog lifted out a huge silver cauldron worked with gods and beasts, the richest piece of Iron Age silver in all of Europe.
How it was found
- Peat cutters in a Danish bog lifted the great silver cauldron out of the ground in 1891, taken apart and laid on dry peat as an offering more than 2,000 years before.
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