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The Isle of Man Today reports that artefacts believed to be 4,000-years-old discovered at Isle of Man Transport Minister David Anderson’s farm in Patrick have been donated to the national museum collection. The two copper axeheads and a blade were unearthed by a metal detector enthusiast Rob Middleton in a field at Ballamoar earlier this year.

They date from the early Bronze Age (2500 – 2150 BC) in a period sometimes called the Copper Age when metal working was in its infancy and was beginning to replace flint as the new, modern material. Continue Reading »

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