Ashmolean Museum aims to save Anglo-Saxon hoard before it gets "broken up"

The Ashmolean Museum has made a significant stride towards the retention of a Viking hoard with the receipt of a grant of more than £1.1m from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Of the donation, £900,000 goes to the acquisition of the hoard, the rest to its conservation and its…

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