The conquest of the reason was buried in the largest number of iron treasure on the southeastern coast Jersey It may be more than 2000 years ago by archaeologists.
When it was about 70,000 silver coins, it was 11 torque and gold jewelry It was discovered in a field At Le Câtillon in the Grouville in 2012, experts were unable to explain the reason they were transferred to a remote and unlimited area with dangerous coastal reefs.
Now a geophysical survey on the site has identified a potential Celtic settlement, which means that Jersey was not an isolated back in the middle of the century BC.
A study of the site was published this week by the magazine WreckwatchWith the support of the Educational Heights Foundation in Jersey.
Kashefs Rege Mid and Richard Miles immediately reported that they were discovered in Jersey Heritage. As a dependence on the crown, it was addressed under the law of England, Wales and Ireland, the northern treasure of 1996, which led to its acquisition by the Jersey government for 4.25 million pounds. Discoveries are displayed at the La Hougue Bie Museum in Jersey.
The Kashefs joined experts in the search for treasure, which is believed to have originated in the ancient French region of Armorica, which is the modern Brittani and Normandy, where almost all coins are linked to the Coriosolitae tribe, whose name may derive from Celtic CoriusIt means the army or forces.
Archaeologists believe that wealth has been hurriedly transferred to Jersey to ensure that they did not fall into the hands of the Romanian Julius Army during the Galic wars.
In geophysical survey, the team found abnormal linear cases that extend to several tens of meters, parallel and vertical with each other, and some with sub -sections similar to Celtic settlements in the late iron era in northern France.
“This can be part of a straight container consistent with well -known forms of rural settlements in the delayed iron era in Armorica,” said Dr. Herve Duffal Gatenol, an archaeologist in Société Jersiaise.
Small magnetic anomalies indicate drilling and separators between buildings.
Dr. Sean Kingsley, editor -in -chief of Wreckwatch and an archaeologist who explored more than 350 wreckage in the past thirty years, said CELTS was builders and an innovative sea. And weather and landing for a long time from generation to generation.
“In light of the dangerous shallow in the Jersey approach, it is possible to ship the Câtillon II biopsy on the hidden boat container that resembles the golden model of the boat from Broight in Northern Ireland. This first century BC was equipped with sailing, directing a pivotal attribute near the rear, decisively, nine acres on each side, which was invaluable to overcome winds. Coincidental and coral reefs are directed.
He added: “There is another new decision to take that we believe that the scene was sacred to the commodities, with the strength of the ancestors back to thousands of years, associated with the cemetery of the Neolithic period in the Neolithic period floating on top of the hill over the location of the detection of the treasure.
“There is an incredibly distinctive thing about these fields. The spiritual strength of the ancestors is likely to be a big reason behind bringing the treasure to Jersey.”
The WRCKWATCH case is accompanied by a video.
