Roman origins revealed for statue of Alfred the Great
The base was probably made in the late 1st or early to mid 2nd century AD by a Continental craftsman
Alfred the Great
The Herefordshire Viking Hoard: unpicking the story of a stolen treasure
Last year, four men were jailed for stealing and selling one of the most significant Viking hoards ever found in western Britain. To date, only a few of its contents have been recovered. What can these objects, and the landscape in which they were buried, tell us about the area’s early medieval history? Tim Hoverd, Peter Reavill, Judy Stevenson, and Gareth Williams report.