II. Finds Reported under the Portable Antiquities Scheme

Abstract

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) was established in 19971 as an initiative to record archaeological objects found by members of the general public. Funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) enabled the extension of the PAS to cover the whole of England and Wales during 2003. 2004 therefore represents the first full year in which the PAS has been in operation throughout England and Wales. The PAS is funded until 31 March 2006 by the HLF and local partners. In december 2004 the dcMS Spending Review announced that the government would fund the PAS for three years from April 2006. The first survey of Roman period PAS data was published in Britannia 35 (2004). This report adopts the same layout, with a brief overview of finds distribution followed by descriptions of significant individual artefacts and assemblages.