[2] This mansion had been the scene where the invasion of the French was first reported to Colonel Thomas Knox who was at a dance there on 23 February 1797.

The BBC reported that there was a local story that the guests at the dance hid their valuables and that when a hoard was discovered it was thought initially to have confirmed the tale.

This date is at the end of English Civil War and these troubles are the probable reason for the hoard being deposited.

By the end, a JCB digger was involved and in addition to the coins they also found lead sheeting which is thought to have covered the hoard and a ring with a motto inside it.

[2] The hoard was probably hidden at the time that Oliver Cromwell came to Pembrokeshire to settle the local Royalists who were in rebellion.