High tides and winds that have battered our shores have unearthed a burial mystery for archaeologists.
Erosion by the sea and weather has revealed what seems to be the remains of a Bronze Age child.
But what puzzled archaeologists was a layer of hard white material which appears to have been moulded around the body, like a casing.
More at the following link....
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Some more details of earlier 'rescue' excavations as the cliff eroded at
pastperfect.info/sites/lowhauxley/archive/ex_intro.html
It seems to be a large burial site that is gradually coming to light with each year's erosion. Interesting that it was well inland at the time the peat was laid down.