event · evt_iberia1_langdon_bay_deposition
Deposition of the Langdon Bay Bronze Age metal assemblage
Hundreds of Bronze Age metal objects were recovered from a concentrated offshore zone in Langdon Bay, including material with continental affinities.
What is the evidence?
observation
Hundreds of Bronze Age metal objects were recovered from a concentrated offshore zone in Langdon Bay, including material with continental affinities.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1200 BCE–1000 BCE
Precision: range
moderatePreferred display range for this release. It preserves BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower samples, phase dates or alternatives listed separately.
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Langdon Bay, National Heritage List for England entry 1000059 — Historic England (2017)Provides the official find record and alternative scenarios.
Locator: List entry 1000059, summary, location and source list - supports · contextualizes
From Land's End to the Levant: did Britain's tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean? — R. Alan Williams, Benjamin W. Roberts, and collaborators (2025)Places Channel evidence within larger Atlantic metal systems without specifying this route.
Locator: pp. 708–726
Interpretation and caveats
The assemblage is rare evidence for cross-Channel movement, but no vessel remains are known and no direct Iberian voyage is inferred.
Event context
Classification
Event type: maritime deposition
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: cross regional context
People and places
Locations: Langdon Bay deposit, Atlantic France and Britain connection frame
Why it matters to the timeline
The Channel assemblage materially informs Atlantic maritime-network interpretation; its inclusion does not assert that it was connected directly to Iberia.
Research notes
- Provides the official find record and alternative scenarios. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: List entry 1000059, summary, location and source list.
- Places Channel evidence within larger Atlantic metal systems without specifying this route. Role: contextualizes. Locator: pp. 708–726.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Langdon Bay, National Heritage List for England entry 1000059 — Historic England (2017)Provides the official find record and alternative scenarios.
Locator: List entry 1000059, summary, location and source list - supports · contextualizes
From Land's End to the Levant: did Britain's tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean? — R. Alan Williams, Benjamin W. Roberts, and collaborators (2025)Places Channel evidence within larger Atlantic metal systems without specifying this route.
Locator: pp. 708–726
Referenced records
- Langdon Bay deposit · entity
- Atlantic France and Britain connection frame · entity