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Metal detectorist finds bronze axe hoard


Tom Peirce found the axe heads (over 260 of them) on farmland near Swanage. They were in three locations 50m apart. Wessex Archaeology have since been excavating the site.
There's a photo of some of them at
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509542&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490
on the Daily Mail website.
Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
21st January 2008ce

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