Body Found at Bottom of 2,000-Year-Old Scottish Well Deliberately Placed There
Animal bones were placed above the adult remains, and archaeologists say the burial may have marked the abandonment of a ritual well.
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The remains of a human body have been found in a 2,000-year-old well in Scotland. Archaeologists say the find could be related to a ritual burial.
Body found at bottom of Scottish well may be from rare ritual burial performed centuries ago
Archaeologists in the Scottish Highlands have discovered the 2,000-year-old burial of an adult in a possible ritual well. The burial may have been made during a closing ceremony when the well was abandoned. Archaeologists discovered the enigmatic grave during expansion of a quarry in northern Scotland, according to a statement from Highland Archaeology Services that was emailed to Live Science. The base of the well, which is about 10 feet (3 met…
Body found at bottom of 2,000-year-old Scottish well deliberately placed there
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Archaeologists have discovered the strange remains of an individual placed deliberately at the bottom of a 2,000-year-old Scottish well, likely as The post Body found at bottom of 2,000-year-old Scottish well deliberately placed there appeared first on Western Morning News.
Archaeologists discovered the mysterious tomb while expanding a quarry in northern Scotland. The well, which is about three meters long and one meter deep, has a bottom “lined with stone slabs, with clay interspersed between the stones, perhaps to help the structure retain water,” the archaeologists said in a statement.
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