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Portable items discovered during archaeological investigations in the British Isles.

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• Celtic Coins

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• Archaeological Dig Unearths Roman Army Treasures

  http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/apr/26/humanities.education
  The Guardian reports the discovery in Carlisle of a Roman armory workshop with weapons and some of the best-preserved armor ever discovered.

• Archaeological Leather Group

  http://www.archleathgrp.org.uk/
  Promotes the study of leather and leather objects from archaeological and other contexts. Newsletter, committee, publications, bibliography and meetings calendar.

• Early Medieval Corpus of Coin Finds

  http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/emc/
  Searchable database all of the single finds of coins minted 410-1180 found in the British Isles, based at the Fitzwilliam Museum.

• Gold Coin Hoard Unveiled

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1109308.stm
  BBC News announced that rare mint condition Roman coins found in London go on show at the Museum of London.

• Roman Carving Unearthed at Fort

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/wales/1285204.stm
  Archaeologists hail the discovery of a Roman carving at Segontium in north Wales as the most significant find at the site for 30 years. From BBC News.

• Saxon Jewel Fit for Princess Unearthed

  http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/feb/24/maevkennedy
  The Guardian reports that a late 7th-century brooch made of copper and delicately worked gold, studded with Indian garnets, goes on show at the Museum of London.

• Worcestershire Pottery Home

  http://www.worcestershireceramics.org/
  The Worcestershire on-line fabric type series is the first part of Pottery in Perspective, an innovative project to provide information on the pottery used, and made, in Worcestershire from prehistory to c 1900CE.

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