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The Broighter Gold

Broighter, County Londonderry

A tiny golden boat with oars and a mast, ploughed up in a field.

In 1896 two men ploughing a field near Limavady turned up a hoard of Iron Age gold, including a model boat with oars, a mast and benches, a bowl, a torc and chains. It was the subject of a famous court case between the British Museum and Ireland, and it was returned to Dublin in 1903.

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When
Found 1896
Where
55.0700, -7.0300
Group
Lost treasure

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Displayed at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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