More than 800 objects unearthed near Melsonby show the north was ‘definitely not a backwater’ 2,000 years ago
There is an alternative view from London. Those thieving northerners just stole it all! Goes for the Welsh, the Irish and the Scots as well, varmints the lot of them.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/25/iron-age-hoard-melsonby-north-yorkshire