Whitehorse Hill
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Bronze Age burial site excavated on Dartmoor
An early Bronze Age burial cist containing cremated bones and material dating back 4,000 years has been excavated on Dartmoor.
Archaeologists uncovered items from the site on Whitehorse Hill including a woven bag or basket and amber beads.
Cists are stone-built chests which are used for the burial of ashes... continues...
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Posted by moss
15th November 2011ce
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Prehistoric burial chamber on Dartmoor excavated
It is believed the burial chamber was built about 5,000 years ago
The burial chamber, known as a cist, is on Whitehorse Hill, near Chagford.
It was discovered 10 years ago when one its stones fell out of the peat which had been concealing it... continues...
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Posted by moss
10th August 2011ce
Edited 10th August 2011ce |
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