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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Historic Cwmbran finds declared treasure
TREASURE dating from the late Bronze Age was found in a Cwmbran field, an inquest in Newport was told yesterday.
The plain pegged spearhead fragment and the single runner casting jet were found by David Harrison while metal detecting in Llantarnam in March last year.
A casting jet is a plug of metal which fits into a mould and is knocked out when the object is completed.
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