Bronze Age relics found on Dartmoor

A Bronze Age burial site has been found on the wilds of Dartmoor in the far south west of England. The collection contains not only human remains but also amber beads stitched inside a basket and animal fur or hide.

An "extraordinary" collection of early bronze age remains and artefacts including amber beads inside a stitched bag or basket has been discovered in one of England's most remote spots.

The find on Dartmoor in Devon, in a peat mound isolated from other archaeological sites, is being hailed as one of the most important for a century, and experts hope it will reveal more about life 4,000 years ago.

More work will be done on the burial cist – a stone-built chest –to try to establish its age and the age of its contents and also to determine why human remains were left in such a remote location.

The cist on Whitehorse Hill, northern Dartmoor, was excavated in the summer. Inside was cremated human bone and burnt textile placed within animal hide or fur. This was positioned on top of a thick leather and textile object, which in turn was placed on a mat of plant material.

Also inside the cist was a delicately woven bag or basket with fine stitching still visible. There were also almost 100 beads, some of them made of amber and others of shale.

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Oh, the beads and stuff are interesting, too. Sorry, got sidetracked. Imagine having a necklace or something made of those ancient beads.. it would be hard not to believe they would have some kind of power... They say objects retain memories Who "they" are, I do not know... But trust me, they do say that

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More work will be done on the burial cist – a stone-built chest –to try to establish its age and the age of its contents and also to determine why human remains were left in such a remote location.

Remote in relation to where?

cool I actually used to live close to darmoor like a 20 min drive for me, and we used to be taken out on school trips and what not all the time when we were young to old houses/shacks and walls that are built out there, if I was still in England I would go up there and check it out myself, when I do go back I'll see what there up to

That place has alot more history than its ever given credit for hope more on this is revealed to us!