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The Ringlemere Cup Kent

Submitted by Vicky on Monday, 23 October 2006  Page Views: 4387

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Ringlemere submitted by Andy B : Sandwich Gold Cup. Bronze Age Gold Cup recently found at Woodnesborough nr Sandwich, Kent. Circa 1700 - 1500 BC Copyright Trusties of the British Museum. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A rare gold cup from the Bronze Age has been secured for display by the British Museum. It is only the second example of its type to come from the UK, with just five cups of this type known across the whole of Europe. Found in Ringlemere, east Kent, in 2001, the cup has helped provide further evidence of the extensive trading networks that covered Europe during the Bronze Age.

It was "virtually reconstructed" using an endoscope, radiography and x-rays following scientific examination of the cup at the British Museum.

The artefact dates from between 1700 and 1500 BC - the same era as Stonehenge - and reveals a higher level of workmanship than was previously thought possible for this time.

A team of archaeologists has been working on the site where the cup was found, and discovered a previously unsuspected funeral site from the early Bronze Age.

However the assumption that the cup was dislodged by modern ploughing from a grave remains to be proven.

It was acquired for the museum through funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, The National Art Collections Fund and Friends of the British Museum.

The Ringlemere Cup will be on display in the London museum's Round Reading Room from Thursday and will feature on BBC Two series Hidden Treasures, which is being shown in the autumn.

Source: BBC NEWS 25/06/03


Note: Bronze Age cup returns to Kent (Dover Museum) for exhibition, see comment
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Bronze Age cup returns to Kent (Dover Museum) for a bit by Andy B on Monday, 23 October 2006
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A Bronze Age artefact found on a Kent farm five years ago, and acquired by the British Museum, has returned to the area for a special exhibition.

Declared a national treasure, the 4,000-year-old Ringlemere Gold Cup has been on display in London since its discovery in Woodnesborough.

The cup has now been loaned to Dover Museum until the end of February 2007.

The cup, which was found with the aid of a metal detector by Cliff Bradshaw, is one of only seven found in Europe.

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