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  • Chariot find at settlement site [ Birnie Scotland Iron Age ]

    08/30/2008 1:01:32 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 4 replies · 175+ views
    BBC ^ | Thursday, August 28, 2008 | Steven McKenzie
    Archaeologists have uncovered a small - but vital - clue to the use of a chariot in Moray. The piece for a horse harness was found during the latest dig at an Iron Age site at Birnie, near Elgin. Dr Fraser Hunter, of the National Museums of Scotland, said it was further evidence of the high status of its inhabitants. Excavations would have been unlikely at Birnie if not for the discovery of Roman coins 10 years ago. Glass beads that may have been made at Culbin Sands, near Nairn, in the Highlands, a dagger and quern stones for making...