Posted on 04/02/2018 2:47:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
An Archaeologist at The Australian National University (ANU) has discovered a prehistoric Bronze-Age barrow, or burial mound, on a hill in Cornwall and is about to start excavating the untouched site which overlooks the English Channel. The site dates back to around 2,000 BC and was discovered by chance when ANU Archaeologist Dr Catherine Frieman, who was conducting geophysical surveys of a known site outside the village of Looe in Cornwall, was approached by a farmer about a possible site in a neighbouring field... Dr Frieman said ancient barrows in the UK are usually always burial sites, although in Cornwall they can vary and might not contain human remains... Dr Frieman's work has overturned the accepted belief that Cornish barrows don't have ditches. She said of the surveys involving her team, 90 per cent of barrows have ditches... Dr Frieman has arrived in Cornwall and is assembling her team. They will start excavation work on Easter Saturday and have 14 days to complete the dig... Dr Frieman said the things put into burials was usually the most interesting. Stone tools like flint knives and ground stone axes and pottery have been recovered from nearby Cornish Barrows, but gold objects and ornaments of exotic material were also occasionally deposited in them. "We think these coastal waters were really important for the movement of metals in the Bronze Age. Tin is a famous Cornish resource and Cornish Tin is really important to the western European Bronze Age," she said.
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Just have to remember to stop at Tom Bombadil's house first.
[blush] that's why I should always check before makin' a smart reply.
Megalithic construction (typically Neolithic, but some much older) had lots of variants, and this vid I watched the other day showed an interesting twist.
Time Team Special 5 (2000) - The Mystery of Mine Howe (Mine Howe, Orkney)
I’m pretty sure that any of thee of interest will turn up on YouTube if one searches.
They went to Devon and Cornwall various times, and other places in Britain and Ireland to investigate megalithic sites of various kinds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Time_Team_episodes
Cornwall is Poldark country!
That’s what I was thinking!!
And the Baskervilles.
Yeah watch out for that guy!
Not sure what soul reduction means, but it sounds ominous.
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