Ancient gold bracelets nearly discarded at dig

Two gold bracelets unearthed after almost 3,000 years were spotted by chance.

For around 2,700 years they were buried under the Kent soil, but after a leading archaeological expert visited an excavation site, he spotted them on top of earth already moved during the big road dig.

The bracelets join some 10,000 other important finds unearthed by volunteers and experts on the East Kent Access site between Ramsgate and Sandwich, the biggest archaeological excavation in the country this year....