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Friday, 3 June 2011

Treasure discoveries: Metal detector unearths Iron Age skeleton and jewellery


A TREASURE hunter from Weymouth unearthed an Iron Age grave containing a skeleton of a woman and a number of her belongings.
An inquest into the treasure, which was discovered by Carl Walmsley of Westham, heard how a total of 14 items were found in the grave on land near Portesham.
West Dorset coroner Michael Johnston declared that the items, including a mirror, two brooches, a bronze amulet, a coin, tweezers and a number of glass and stone beads, were treasure at the inquest held at Dorset County Hall.
Mr Johnston said that the items, which were discovered on April 27 last year, dated from between 15BC to AD50-60 and were found in a Durotrigian type grave.


http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/9064811.Treasure_discoveries__Metal_detector_unearths_Iron_Age_skeleton_and_jewellery/

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