Portable Antiquities Scheme Cymru

Our FLO from North Wales, is holding a Finds Surgery in Y Lanfa / The Wharf: Powysland Museum & Welshpool Library on Saturday 8th August - why not come along and say hello, and bring along any finds you'd like her to look at.

You'll need to book a slot on the EventBrite page for the event. Look forward to seeing you.

PAS Cymru Finds Surgery - Welshpool Book an appointment to bring your archaeological finds for identification and recording.

An amazing opportunity to help excavate an important site in Cardiff - volunteer spaces are limited so if you’re interested, put your name in asap! -AB

Here's our EventBrite link to the Anglesey event

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PAS will be on Anglesey on Saturday 9 May - should be a great day - why not come and say hello

Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery are using this to highlight their latest acquisition, a Bronze Age copper-alloy mould in two parts, for making palstave axe heads: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1066644

Great to see this being preserved in a public collection!

Thetford dig unearths Iron Age war trumpet and boar standard The discoveries are "extraordinarily rare", say the archaeologists who helped find them.

Happy New Year - hot off the presses, some dates for finds events / surgeries happening in North Wales in 2026. Do bring your finds along - we'd love to see them and record them for PAS. Any questions or queries just email.

The Museum's coinage tool collection offers a unique insight into how coins were made. Among the highlights is this portrait punch from the reign of Charles II, showing damage to the bust yet still listed as serviceable in Mint records. With punches taking around a month to produce, it was likely more practical for engravers to repair missing details directly on the die. This reflects the skill and resourcefulness behind historic coin production.