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We have carefully selected the following sites as particularly useful, interesting and informative.

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National Council for Metal Detecting

Here you will find information on clubs, membership, the Treasure Act, in fact everything you will need to know about the hobby and the National Council for Metal Detecting.

Portable Antiquities Scheme

The Portable Antiquities Scheme is a voluntary scheme to record archaeological objects

Weather.co.uk

We have found this to be very useful if you are planning trips, giving local ten day forecasts

Department for Culture Media and Sport
The government department with overall authority for portable antiquities and other heritage issues. DCMS both funds and oversees the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
http://www.culture.gov.uk/

The Heritage Lottery Fund
The Fund has awarded a series of grants to fund 46 posts in England and Wales at the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
http://www.hlf.org.uk

Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is the national development agency working for and on behalf of museums, libraries and archives and advising government on policy and priorities for the sector.
http://www.mla.gov.uk

English Heritage
The national organisation reponsible for many of England's greatest monuments and buildings. English Heritage is also the Government's adviser on archaeology.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/

The British Museum
The Museum is part of a group of organisations which oversees the running of the Portable Antiquities Scheme. It also provides funding for the West Midlands' pilot scheme.
http://www.theBritishMuseum.ac.uk

Cornucopia
Cornucopia : Discovering UK Collections will give a complete picture of the wealth of UK museum collections through a comprehensive database available on this website. This pilot website provides information on the 50 museums in England with Designated collections.
http://www.cornucopia.org.uk/

The Celtic Coin Index (CCI)
The Celtic Coin Index is a database of Iron Age coin finds from Britain. It is a research project based at the Institute of Archaeology in Oxford.
http://units.ox.ac.uk/departments/archaeology/ccindex/ccindex.htm

Viking and Anglo-Saxon Landscape and Economy
VASLE is a major archaeological project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB). It aims to analyse the wealth of data found through activities such as metal-detecting.
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/vasle/index.html

Pastscape
PastScape is a public digital database provided by English Heritage, which is derived from the National Monument Record's national datasets of up to 400,000 monument records.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/pastscape

UNESCO Heritage Laws database
UNESCO's Cultural Law database. This lists each country that has submitted its heritage laws. The link will take you through to the laws of the United Kingdom.
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28617&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Holiday Cottage

Holiday Cottage throughout the UK

Holiday Cottage in Shropshire

Holiday Cottage in Shropshire, this secluded converted barn is set on the English/Welsh border,

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Air Rifle shop

Air rifle, airgun and bb gun shop

BB Gun shop

BB gun and air soft shop

Orbital Welding

High Purity Gas line installation experts

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