Gold bracelets, nearly 3,000 years old, are among more than 10,000 items unearthed during construction on the East Kent Access Road on the Isle of Thanet between Ramsgate and Sandwich (UK). 150 archaeologists supported by 91 volunteers are conducting the excavation of prehistoric burial monuments, Iron Age enclosures and a village whose inhabitants would have experienced the Roman invasion .
Simon Mason, Kent County Council’s principal archaeological officer, found the bracelets, dating back to around 700BC. It is thought they were children’s bracelets that may have been buried as a worship offering. They were found together, one pushed inside the other.
There is evidence of a Bronze Age settlement on the find site, and five hoards of bronze objects of a similar age have been found in the same area.
“With all the thousands of everyday objects we have dug up they are really helping to shed new light on the lives of prehistoric, Roman and Saxon people in Thanet.” [Mason said] - Allister Hagger, Express.co.uk
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