Bronze Age treasure discovered in a boggy field near Dawlish has now gone on display in Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum.

The 'Dawlish Hoard' was found in 2017 by metal-detectorists.

It is thought to have lain buried for about 3,000 years, and consists of four gold bracelets, eleven fragments of bronze ingot, two small tin nuggets, two axe fragments and a section of a bronze sword.

Compared with other similar items on display, the Dawlish Hoard is apparently unique as it has both gold and bronze objects. All of the finds however show typical signs of deliberate damage before burial.

According to the museum, the new display was made possible thanks to donations from more than 200 people, and it has thanked in particular the Headley Trust, Victoria and Albert Museum, Devon County Council, Refinitiv, the Friends of RAMM and Erin Cox Jewellery, and local groups including the Friends of Dawlish Library, Newton Abbot District Metal Detecting Club and the Devon Archaeological Society.

The donations, totalling £12,000, helped buy the hoard and have it cleaned and stabilised by the museum's conservation team.

RAMM's Assistant Curator Thomas Cadbury said: "RAMM is all about making the heritage of this area accessible to local people.

"The display of the Dawlish Hoard gives visitors an intriguing insight into Bronze Age culture and societies; communities that are not only remote in time to our own, but display fascinatingly different attitudes and values."

The Dawlish Hoard is now on display in the museum's Courtyard Wall next to other recent Bronze Age finds.

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