In 2013 a sword was found by metal detectorists near the river Test on the outskirts of Romsey. They originally thought it was Roman but Katie Hinds, the Finds Liaison Officer with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, has identified this as a Bronze Age sword of the "Ewart Park' type which dates from 950 to 750 BCE, towards the end of the Bronze Age. The sword is made of copper alloy and is now in two pieces and not quite complete. The sword was deliberately bent into an elongated S-shape and has b
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