Treasure Trove Comes to Shetland
Saturday, September 9th 2023 11:00am - 3:00pm
Shetland Museum & Archives
Members of the public are invited to come along with their ‘treasures’ and meet experts from Scotland’s Treasure Trove Unit (TTU) at a drop-in event on Saturday 9th September from 11am to 3pm.
Three members of the TTU team will be on hand to assess any finds that the community may have found and advise people on what they need to do.
To book a 20-minute slot at the Shetland Museum with a Treasure Trove expert visit the Treasure Trove website or just drop in.
There will also be a drop-in event at the Old Haa Museum, Yell on Sunday the 10th from 2.30pm - 4.30pm (no booking required).
Jenny Murray curator responsible for archaeology at Shetland Museum explained: “Treasure is anything of cultural or historical value to Scotland – to help tell the national and community story. This includes anything that is archaeological, medieval finds, and coins that are pre-1800. Archaeological items include pottery sherds, beads (stone, bone and glass), stone tools, worked bone, stone fishing weights, stone loom weights and much more. Really - anything from 4000BC to AD 1800!”
Much of what goes through the Treasure Trove process are chance finds where someone digging their garden or ploughing a field may uncover archaeological or other important material. People cutting peat in the moorlands also find things, especially stone and wooden tools, but also ancient textiles – prehistoric Shetlander’s have ‘offered’ things to the moorland as votive offerings. Metal detectorists often uncover important finds including coins. Find out more.
Category: Community Events