A Zoom  talk on 'The Hallaton Helmet: A Conquest Period Mystery 

The AGM will be followed by a Zoom talk by Helen Sharp. Helen is the Curator (Archaeology) at  Leicestershire County Council Museums, working across Leicestershire's heritage sites, museums and collection stores. She started at Leicestershire County Council in  2008 on the Southeast Leicestershire Treasure project, a collection now known as the Hallaton Treasure, and is currently working on The Hallaton Helmet. Helen says 'It’s one of the rarest objects being one of the best Roman helmets ever found in Europe. It’s part of the Hallaton Treasure which is a very significant collection of objects buried at a late Iron Age ritual site near the village of Hallaton. It’s really high-status and from the first century AD'.

As well as learning about the Hallaton Helmet and Treasure Helen will tell us a little about her wider professional role and about the Collections held by Leicestershire County Council Museums.

If you want to  learn more in advance of the talk you can start by going to: https://leicestershire.gov.uk/helen-and-the-hallaton-treasure

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