Mysterious Ancient Artifacts Unearthed at Scottish Golf Course: Chariot Wheels and Cremation Urns Hint at Forgotten Rites
Excavations were carried out by members of Avon Archaeology Highland (AAH), and experts have plans to radiocarbon date the artifacts later this year.
Ancient Artifacts Unearthed At The Site Of A Scottish Golf Course
Avon Archaeology HighlandThe wheel of an Iron Age chariot was found in a cremation pit at the site — a first for the Highlands.
Archaeologists working at the site of the future golf course near Inverness discovered a wealth of ancient relics spanning thousands of years of Scottish history. Some of the oldest discoveries dated as far back as 6,000 years ago, including flint tools and wooden structures. Others were as recent as the Middle Ages, roughly 600 years ago.
“Always happy to see new archaeology emerge from the ground but some of the discoveries we have made, particularly relating to early Neolithic settlement and later prehistoric ceremonial/funerary activity, are properly exceptional,” Andy Young, the principal archaeologist at AAH, told The Independent.
Avon Archaeology HighlandA Bronze Age cremation urn found at the site.
The most remarkable discovery, however, was the chariot wheel.
A Rare Chariot Wheel Dating Back To The Iron Age
Avon Archaeology HighlandThe ancient cremation pit in which the chariot wheel was found.
When Young was asked which find he felt was the most important, he replied, “Depends somewhat on your particular heritage interests, but I guess the discovery of the ceremonial/funerary prehistoric palisade circle, inside of which was a cremation pit containing the remains of a chariot wheel — not all the chariots were in East Yorkshire, it seems.”
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