Tuesday 11 October 2011

Portable Antiquities Scheme and Wales

Minister Huw Lewis at the Hay Festival
© David Gill, 2011
I have already had cause to comment on the impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the Portable Antiquities Scheme in Wales. This will be the responsilbity of Huw Lewis, Welsh Government Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage. Lewis shared his vision of how "heritage" could contribute to the economy of Wales at the 2011 Hay Festival.

Archaeologist Paul Barford has launched a new blog, "Na i PAS ar gyfer Cymru: No to a Welsh PAS", where he suggests that Wales could adopt a radical and distinct solution to the issue of the removal of portable antiquities from the archaeological record.

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