London, Oct 21 (IANSlife): The largest ever Bronze Age hoard to be discovered in London, the third largest of its kind in the UK, has been unearthed in Havering and will go on display for the first time at the Museum of London Docklands in April 2020, the museum announced in a Monday statement.

Titled "Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery", the free exhibition will run from April 2 to October 25 next year.

A total of 453 bronze objects dating between 900 - 800 BC have been uncovered during a planned archaeological investigation, with weapons and tools including axe heads, spearheads, fragments of swords, daggers and knives found alongside some other unusual objects rarely found in the UK.

Almost all the weapons appear to be partially broken or damaged, raising questions as to why these objects ended up being carefully buried in groups close together.

The deliberate placement of these items may suggest a specialist metal worker operated in this area, and this large scale deposit of bronze may represent an accumulation of material akin to a vault, recycling bank or exchange, the press statement said.

"It's incredibly rare to have uncovered a hoard of this size on one site. This discovery is of huge importance and raises questions as to why this treasure was buried in this way and why it was never recovered? These questions and more will be investigated in the exhibition," the organisers said.