Bronze Age gold torcs found by metal detectorists at proposed substation site near Carlisle
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Duncan Hodgson, Billy Hotchkiss
Summary
Three Bronze Age gold arm rings (torcs) were discovered by metal detectorists at a site in Blackford, north of Carlisle, where a new National Grid electricity substation could be built. Archaeologists have described the find as "spectacular." Campaigners argue the discovery should halt plans for the substation development at the site.
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Campaigners say the finds should mean the end to plans for a National Grid substation at the site.
Archaeologists describing the find as 'spectacular'.
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