HOARD (ROMAN)

"Jan. 21. As the workmen belonging to the Rev. W. Shaw, D.D. were employed in digging the foundation of his new schoolroom at Chelvey, in the diocese of Bristol, they discovered, about four feet below the surface of the ground, a large pot or urn, of a hard blackish substance, resembling over-burnt brick, filled with ashes and bones, undoubtedly human. One of the labourers soon after struck his pickaxe against a stone bottle containing about 274 pieces of silver coin of Julius Caesar, which are esteemed a great curiosity, being in the highest state of perfection. No other antiquities have as yet been discovered.

The Doctor intends presenting a selection of the coins to the British Museum."

Gent. Mag., 1808, I, 360

There is, unfortunately, no record of these coins ever having been presented to the British Museum, and consequently no means of proving whether or not they did belong to Julius Caesar." Robertson 2000, 4.

Parish: Restricted Access
District: North Somerset
County: North Somerset
Region: South West
Place known as: Chelvey
Discovery method: Building work
Notes: 
Shaw was rector from 1795 to 1830.