Some of the coins date from the mid-Second Century. They will be on permanent display at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery from 16 July.And this is what the Treasure Act should be for, for rewarding accidental finders who report their finds promptly and correctly, leading to a proper archaeological observation and recovery of any information the findspot may contain. The legislation should not be encouraging more and more people to buy metal detectors, target likely findspots in order to enrich themselves at the public expense, selling back to the people what already belongs to them, the heritage of their past. That is not protecting the archaeological record, it is encouraging its shortsighted plundering and producing a massive backlog in proper analysis, reporting and publication of such finds for which there are currently no funds to shift.
BBC, 'Roman coin hoard found at Belladrum festival site', 5th July 2013.
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