A HARROGATE landowner could receive a share of £1m after a hoard of Viking treasure was unearthed in fields in the area.
The collection of 617 silver coins and 65 artefacts has been described by archaeology experts as the most important British find for 150 years.
The hoard was confirmed as treasure by North Yorkshire coroner Geoff Fell at Harrogate Magistrates Court yesterday afternoon.
Mr Fell said the find held global significance and described the most spectacular single object as a gilt silver vessel, made in what is now France in the first half of the ninth century.
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