Furness Viking treasure appeal gets £5,000 from Tarmac

The hoard of Viking silver coins and artefacts were discovered in 2010

The fundraising appeal to keep a hoard of Viking silver coins in Cumbria has received a cash boost.

Landowner Tarmac is due half of the £50,000 valuation fee, because the discovery was made on its property.

It is waiving £5,000 as a donation to the appeal to buy the collection for Barrow's Dock Museum.

The 92 coins and other silver items were declared treasure after being discovered in 2010, near to the village of Stainton, near Dalton.

Jonathan Garbutt, Tarmac's estates manager, said: "As a result of this find being on Tarmac land we are fortunate to be in the position to receive a £25,000 reward.

"We wanted to help the Dock Museum preserve and display the artefacts and keep the hoard in the local area so have donated £5,000 of this reward to help them with their fundraising.

"Once we receive the remaining £20,000 we will donate that money to community projects in close proximity to Stainton Quarry".

The Dock Museum needs to raise a total of £49,500 to keep the hoard in Cumbria.