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An "extraordinary" collection of early bronze age remains and artefacts including amber beads inside a stitched bag or basket has been discovered in one of England's most remote spots.
The find on Dartmoor in Devon, in a peat mound isolated from other archaeological sites, is being hailed as one of the most important for a century, and experts hope it will reveal more about life 4,000 years ago.
More work will be done on the burial cist – a stone-built chest –to try to establish its age and the age of its contents and also to determine why human remains were left in such a remote location.
The cist on Whitehorse Hill, northern Dartmoor, was excavated in the summer. Inside was cremated human bone and burnt textile placed within animal hide or fur. This was positioned on top of a thick leather and textile object, which in turn was placed on a mat of plant material.
Also inside the cist was a delicately woven bag or basket with fine stitching still visible. There were also almost 100 beads, some of them made of amber and others of shale.
More work will be done on the burial cist – a stone-built chest –to try to establish its age and the age of its contents and also to determine why human remains were left in such a remote location.