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“The Treasure Act and Portable Antiquities Scheme: experience from South of the Border” by Roger Bland

Roger Bland explains the Portable Antiquities Scheme in England which records artefacts and promotes their discovery as well as researching their distribution and meaning.

“The Treasure Act and Portable Antiquities Scheme: experience from South of the Border” by Roger Bland, Keeper of the Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory at the British Museum joint with the National Museums Scotland, on the application of the Treasure Act and the development of the Portable Antiquities Scheme to record discovered artefacts.

Recorded in the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 27 January 2014 at 6pm.