New Bronze Age finds in Kent and Ruthin
Submitted by PaulM on Wednesday, 05 March 2003 Page Views: 2768
Neolithic and Bronze AgeTwo local papers report exciting and unexpected new Bronze Age discoveries in different parts of the country. The finds include pottery, spearheads, metal ingots and axe heads.Three evaluation trenches at Ysgol Brynhyfryd in Ruthin expected to yield Roman artefacts but to the surprise of the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust the diggers turned up medieval and Bronze Age pottery reports the Denbighshire Free Press.
According to Denbighshire county archaeologist Fiona Gale the pottery had “...been looked at by specialists and identified as domestic pottery. It hints of a Bronze Age settlement at this site.”
The artefacts found at the school add to the Bronze Age story in Denbighshire as “There are other Bronze Age areas in the Vale of Clwyd. Most of the evidence is from aerial photos. One at Llanraeahdr was looked at when the road was dug up, and there are two sites near Rhewl.”
Denbigh also shares a slice of the Bronze Age discovery, says Fiona, as the site of the 2001 Eisteddfod also turned up hunting artefacts dating back between to 7000BC and 8000BC.
For the full story go to the Denbighshire Free Press.
Moving south Bronze Age axe and spearheads, sword blades and metal ingots dating back to 800 BC have been discovered in a field at Hollingbourne.
A metal detectorist discovered a sword and axehead in January and reported it immediately to the county archaeologist. The discoverer and the landowner then discovered a further 15 metal objects and the hoard’s extent was only revealed last weekend following excavation when 17 more items were found!
It is thought that they were a bronze-smith's hoard, left for safe keeping 2,800 years ago.
The hoard is the first in the country to be found since the new Treasure Act came into force on January 1, extending the definition of treasure to prehistoric metal objects other than gold and silver.
For the full story visit the
Kent On-line website.
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