The Chew Valley Hoard of 2,584 silver pennies dates from the turmoil of the Norman Conquest of
Norman conquest coin hoard bought for £4.3 million
Archaeology
Notre-Dame stands at the eastern end of the Île de la Cité, which was already occupied in the Gallo-Roman era. Sculpted elements discovered on site in the eighteenth century, such as the first-century votive monument the ‘Pillar of the Boatmen’, now