The spade's design, with a slightly lopsided blade allowing one-footed use, is reminiscent of later peat-cutting tools.

Bronze Age people crossed the sea in long wooden boats During the Bronze Age, many people crossed the sea from mainland Europe to Britain.

Writings on an ancient clay tablet have allowed experts to reconstruct a Bronze Age ship made of reeds ... ship fared when it finally took to the sea on March 2, said Robert B.

NMS said some of the items showed Scotland's links to a wider network of communities across the North Sea A hoard of Bronze ... our understanding of life in Bronze Age Scotland," it added.