Time is running out for funds to float replica Bronze Age boat

An appeal has been launched to raise £20,000 to enable the half-scale replica of the Dover Bronze Age Boat to go into the sea - and float - for the first time.

The project, by Canterbury Archaeological Trust, is a continuation of the work done last year to construct the replica boat and launch it into the dock at Dover.

But it ended in failure, when water immediately got into the boat and it started sinking.

Those behind the project said the construction work had taken longer than expected, and so there wasn’t enough time to make the boat watertight before it had to be moved to France to take part in a major exhibition.

The replica is currently on display in Ename, Belgium, but will return to Dover next month.

The rest of the exhibition, entitled Beyond the Horizon and featuring Bronze Age finds drawn from either side of the Channel, will re-open in Dover Museum in July. [...] kentonline.co.uk/

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