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Derbyshire Iron Age bones were of pregnant woman


Tests carried out on a skeleton discovered at an archaeological dig in Derbyshire have found it was that of a pregnant woman.

Experts said they were surprised by the female find because the site, near Monsal Dale in the Peak District, had been believed to be a military scene.

Now, extra lottery funding means there can be a second dig at the Fin Cop hill fort site to find out more.

Archaeologists unearthed the Iron Age skeleton last August.

During the excavation, the woman was uncovered among the jumbled stone of a collapsed rampart.
More here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/8691348.stm 		texlahoma Posted by texlahoma
16th June 2010ce

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