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This is an Iron age cist burial containing both a sword and a bronze mirror. Very unusual for a burial to contain both these objects. The burial itself is devoid of any skeletal remains, the soil here is too acid. A cornish friend of mine knows the farmer who found the sword while ploughing, and I have a copy of a dvd of the excavation but don't know how to take the photos from it. Both the sword and the mirror can be seen in the Scilly Isles museum.

Posted by formicaant 28th January 2008ce

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