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Bush Barrow gold

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

I.A. Kinnes,
I.H. Longworth,
I.M. McIntyre,
S.P. Needham and
W.A. Oddy
I.A. Kinnes
Affiliation:
Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
I.H. Longworth
Affiliation:
Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
I.M. McIntyre
Affiliation:
Department of Conservation, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
S.P. Needham
Affiliation:
Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
W.A. Oddy
Affiliation:
Department of Conservation, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
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Abstract

The group of gold objects excavated in 1808 from Bush Barrow, a little to the south of Stonehenge, are among the best-known and best-regarded artefacts from British prehistory. Here they are fully published, with an account of the recent restoration of the larger lozenge from the group.

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Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 234 , March 1988, pp. 24 - 39
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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