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Unusual Bronze Age Burial Uncovered in Scotland - Archaeology Magazine
Pit with five burial urns uncovered at Twentyshilling Wind Farm, Sanquhar, Scotland SANQUHAR, SCOTLAND—BBC News reports that the cremains of at least eight people were found in five urns buried in a Bronze Age barrow in southern Scotland. Thomas Muir of Guard Archaeology and his colleagues were investigating the site before the construction of a wind farm when they unearthed the burial mound, which has been dated to between 1439 and 1287 B.C. He…
Unusual Bronze Age Burial Uncovered in Scotland
Pit with five burial urns uncovered at Twentyshilling Wind Farm, Sanquhar, Scotland SANQUHAR, SCOTLAND—BBC News reports that archaeologists have uncovered the cremated remains of at least eight individuals inside five urns within a Bronze Age barrow in southern Scotland. Thomas Muir from Guard Archaeology and his team discovered the burial mound while surveying the area ahead of a wind farm construction. The site has been dated to between 1439 a…
This article was originally published on Cedarnews.net. For more news and exclusive reports, visit our website. Guard Archaeology has revealed a “mysterious mass burial” in southern Scotland dating back approximately 3,300 years. Excavations were carried out in 2020 and 2021 by Guard Archaeology during the construction of an access road to the Twenty Schilling wind farm near Sunquair in Dumfries and Galloway. A Bronze Age burial mound containing…
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