Corporate report

Treasure Annual Report 2008

This is the tenth Annual Report to Parliament on the operation of the Treasure Act 1996. Like its predecessors, it lists all the treasure finds…

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This is the tenth Annual Report to Parliament on the operation of the Treasure Act 1996.

Like its predecessors, it lists all the treasure finds reported in England, Wales and Northern Ireland from January to December 2008.

This Report contains details of 806 cases reported during 2008. Of these cases, 265 have been, or are in the process of being, acquired by museums across the country. Of these 265, 51 have been donated. 366 were disclaimed and subsequently returned to the finders/landowners, 139 were deemed not to be Treasure and 33 cases are still to be determined.

The report is available from the Portable Antiquities Scheme/Treasure website.

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Published 22 November 2010