Some artefacts are considered "at risk" as they are in, or near, churches earmarked for closure and sale.
Historians say lots of key sites are protected but then never reopened on private sites.
A group of amateur archeologists in Devon have been practicing their skills by digging in back gardens.
Residents of Wamphray in southern Scotland want to bring the church into use as an events venue.
A team of specialists believes it has confirmed the location of a medieval farmstead.
Volunteers helped undercover a medieval village wall as a Victorian bottle is returned to the site.
The remains are now buried in the graveyard of St Gregory and St Martin Church in Wye.
Highland councillors have been told the feasibility study could lead to improvements at three sites.
A stone bridge submerged reappears again after drought hits Wales.
