Divers Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Sword at Salcombe Wrecks

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Divers Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Sword at Salcombe Wrecks
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Divers recovered a roughly 3,000-year-old Bronze Age sword at the Salcombe Cannon and Moor Sand wreck sites off south Devon during Historic England–funded work, joining a history of Bronze Age finds in the area; experts date the blade to about 1300–800 BC, though worn portions require further study.

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