Federal Monuments Office of Austria (Bundesdenkmalamt)

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As of September 2026: Received the discovery report and oversaw recovery

In spring 2019, gravel workers pulling material from the Danube near Deinham in Upper Austria noticed double-pointed iron bars coming up with the excavator. They reported the find to Austria's Federal Monuments Office. The office recovered at least 500 bars weighing roughly a tonne, the largest prehistoric iron cache ever found in Europe.

Updated Sep 23