The constituency stretches from a few miles south of Ballymena in the north to the River Bann at Toome in the west.

BBC: Rural South Antrim constituency

The items, which date from the ninth century, were found in 2002 on the banks of the River Bann near Kilrea by a metal detector enthusiast.

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Cormac Burke from the Ulster Museum said the place along the river where they were discovered is a well known crossing point and the Bann was a well known thoroughfare.

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