Posted on 04/01/2024 6:25:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A burial monument with human remains thought to be about 4,500 years old has been discovered in East Yorkshire.
Parts of a Roman road and a burnt mound were also discovered during a £5m project to build a 5.2km (3.2 miles) sewer near Full Sutton.
Ecus Archaelogy, working on the site for Yorkshire Water, said the three sites give a glimpse into the prehistoric and early historic past of the area.
The analysis stage of the project is yet to start and the sewer is now being laid.
The small circular burial monument was discovered in the vicinity of Full Sutton with the human remains being "surprisingly well-preserved" despite later ploughing, Yorkshire Water said...
The monument is estimated to be either from a Later Neolithic or Bronze Age date and was covered by a dome-shaped mound of earth or stone...
Remnants of the burnt mound included a small earth oven and a deep pit that appeared to have been a well.
Part of the wooden lining of the well was preserved by waterlogging as well as the lower fills which archaeologists took soil samples from...
The Roman Road was uncovered closer to Stamford Bridge and was flanked by drainage ditches.
Yorkshire Water said the alignment suggested it would have led to the remains of the Roman town of Derventio in Reckondales.
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