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What was found? The Coins | The Finds | The Site | The Helmet | The Bones
Where can I see it? Visit the Museum | Travelling Exhibition | Borrow a Display
What was found? The Coins | The Finds | The Site | The Helmet | The Bones
Where can I see it? Visit the Museum | Travelling Exhibition | Borrow a Display
What is the Treasure?
In 2000 metal
detectorist, Ken Wallace, and other volunteers from the Hallaton Fieldwork Group came across some Roman
pottery in a field outside their village in Southeast Leicestershire.
Along
with the Hallaton Fieldwork group, The University of Leicester Archaeological Services
(ULAS) began
excavating what turned out to be one of the most important Iron Age sites in Britain. They discovered
over five thousand silver and gold coins, the remains of an ornately decorated Roman silver-gilt helmet
and
some mysterious silver finds.
The Treasure was found
near the village of Hallaton in south east Leicestershire in what was once an Iron Age shrine.
Ken Wallace and Members of the Hallaton Fieldwork Group
© University of Leicester Archaeological Services
Where is the Treasure?
Explore
the world of the ancient Britons in the new Hallaton Treasure Gallery at Harborough Museum through illustrated
displays, computer interactives and film footage.
We are able to cater for
groups wishing to visit the museum, contact us to find out how to arrange a visit!
There
is also a Hallaton Treasure Travelling Exhibition, a Moving Objects
display and an exhibiton at Hallaton Museum.
Contact Harborough Museum
Address: Harborough Museum. Council Offices, Adam & Eve Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. LE16 7AG
Find us on the first floor of the council offices, the Museum entrance is in Fox Yard. Location Map
Telephone: 01858 821 085. Email: HarboroughMuseum@leics.gov.uk
Open: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10:30am - 4pm
Closed: Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Bank Holidays
See our Opening Hours Page
Address: Harborough Museum. Council Offices, Adam & Eve Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. LE16 7AG
Find us on the first floor of the council offices, the Museum entrance is in Fox Yard. Location Map
Telephone: 01858 821 085. Email: HarboroughMuseum@leics.gov.uk
Open: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10:30am - 4pm
Closed: Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Bank Holidays
See our Opening Hours Page
Page Last Updated: 1 February 2012
