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Well done, Wessex. That’s some nice diggin’.
Cliffs End Farm - skeleton of an old man by Wessex Archaeology on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
Five skeletons were found in a Late Bronze Age pit, this one appears to be pointing towards the centre of a large horshoe ditch which was the focus of ceremonies.
There is a piece of chalk in his left hand.
To find out more about the excavation site at Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, visit www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/kent/ramsgate/cliffs_end/
"In 2009, a dog walker discovered a suspected grave in woodland near Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion, Wales. There was a small rectangular patch of ground clearly demarcated with sticks along the edges and rocks placed at the corners. A range of items present within the created space prompted police to initiate an investigation believing the site to be the grave of an infant. Included in the list of items adorning the grave was an infant’s sock later found to contain a small prayer card. At the head of the grave was a posy of carnations arranged in a jam jar set into the ground. In front of the posy was a wooden stake marking the head of the grave. Around the stake was a blue chiffon flower and ribbon hair elastic popular with young girls. Forensic archaeologists were called upon by Dyfed Powys Police on suspicion that the grave represented an illicit human burial. Upon excavation, it became apparent that the items were left by children in remembrance of Jasper, their pet cat."
Swinging the blue lamp: The forensic archaeology of contemporary child and animal burial in the UK, by Anna Davenport and Karl Harrison. In Mortality, Vol. 16, No. 2, May 2011
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