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Daily Mirror
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Rachel Hagan

Man 'ran for the hills' after finding live civil war shell that could have killed dozens

An archaeologist was horrified to find a live artillery round buried under dirt at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.

Park spokesman Jason Martz said it "could have easily killed a dozen people" as the whole area was cleared.

Archaeologist Steven Brann and his team had planned to rehabilitate a famous area of the Civil War battlefield known as Little Round Top and made the shocking discovery while sweeping the grounds ahead of the work.

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