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The Ringlemere Cup

Ringlemere, near Sandwich, Kent

A crumpled Bronze Age gold cup found by a metal detectorist.

In 2001 a metal detectorist, Cliff Bradshaw, found a crushed gold cup in a field at Ringlemere, probably flattened by a plough. It was made around 1700 to 1500 BC, and is one of only a handful of Bronze Age gold cups known in Europe.

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When
Found 2001
Where
51.2700, 1.2900
Group
Lost treasure

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The cup is in the British Museum. The field is private farmland.

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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