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The Hoard has been at the centre of discussions between the National Museums of Scotland (NMS) and our Council for a number of months in relation to the homing and ownership of the Galloway Viking Hoard collection, which was discovered by a metal detectorist in Galloway in September 2014.........

https://www.dgwgo.com/page/299/?page_id=%2F

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdTFcU2OD3k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvctSMW0v64

Thank you very much for posting this. It was very, very interesting.

Did the final amount get raised to save the hoard?

Euan

Cheers Euan, I was wondering that myself.

Great story and FANTASTIC artefacts.

Yes they did raise the money and bought the hoard for Scotland - https://www.artfund.org/news/2017/10/26 ... the-nation

Thanks for the link Pete

Thanks Pete

dig-it-pete wrote:Great story and FANTASTIC artefacts.

Yes they did raise the money and bought the hoard for Scotland - https://www.artfund.org/news/2017/10/26 ... the-nation