Please see below various articles detailing important local finds which have been generously donated.
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In the 1990s the fields of Culverton Farm were searched by experienced metal detectorist Edward (Ted) May with the enthusiastic support of the owner Mrs Eithne Garner, revealing finds covering the past two millenia. Subsequently Ted emigrated to Australia taking many of his findings with him, but in 2018 he contacted the Heritage Society's President, who had met him by chance in the fields of Culverton Farm in 1998,offering him some of his finds as a gift for the interest and enjoyment of the residents of the area. His offer was gratefully accepted, the items to be held in trust pending the hoped-for establishment of a museum.
EDWARD MAY ARTEFACTS
Roman Bronze Stag's Head
In addition to the coins and tokens, the gift includes a variety of decorative and functional objects such as this Stag's Head ornament, which indicate multiple use of the fields for trade, military and social engagement.
Four items donated by the family of Frank Pavry, one of the two archaeologists who excavated the site of the Royal Stud Farm, now the Stratton Road Car Park