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Sword found at 12th cent. battle site | ArchaeoFeed
Digger operators discovered a 12th cent. sword while dredging a pond at All Saints Hotel, Fornham St Genevieve, Suffolk in eastern England. The town is the site of the 1173 Battle of Fornham where forces loyal to Henry II drove the rebel Earl of Leicester’s mercenaries into a marsh and killed them. The sword was