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Fox News
02-05-2025
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- Fox News
Excavators discover prehistoric village beneath future golf course: 'Remarkable journey'
Archaeologists excavating the site of a future golf course were surprised to find evidence of a prehistoric village — including a rare chariot wheel dating back millennia. The excavation took place near Inverness, Scotland, at the site of the future Old Petty Championship Golf Course at Cabot Highlands. Experts working for Avon Archaeology Highland also found a Bronze Age cremation urn estimated to be 3,500 years old, along with flint tools and quern stones, which were used to grind grains. Remnants of at least 25 Neolithic-era wooden buildings were also uncovered at the site, according to the BBC. Archaeologists told news agency SWNS the newest finds help "paint a picture of ancient life in the Highlands, from ceremonial practices to agricultural innovation." Cabot's vice president of golf development, Stuart McColm, applauded the find in a statement to SWNS. "This has been a remarkable journey from pre-historic times to the present, right here on our doorstep," McColm said. "It's humbling to think that our new championship course, Old Petty, will rest on such historically rich ground," the executive added. "We're proud to preserve this heritage while creating a world-class golf experience." Archaeologists also made efforts to preserve a prehistoric ceremonial circle, which was reburied where it was found. Avon Archaeology Highland principal archaeologist Andy Young commended Cabot Highlands for their participation in the excavation. "Their commitment to preserving the past while shaping the future is a model for responsible development," Young said. Archaeologists are currently working to analyze and date the remains, and a full report is expected to be released at the same time that the golf course opens. The discovery is one of many ancient finds in the United Kingdom in 2025. In March, a hoard of over 800 Iron Age objects were publicized by Durham University. In addition, archaeologists recently found hundreds of skeletons beneath a campus property owned by the University of Gloucestershire.
BBC News
22-04-2025
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- BBC News
Prehistoric chariot wheel unearthed at Highland golf course
The remains of a prehistoric chariot wheel have been discovered at the site of a new Highland golf made the find in a pit used for cremations thousands of years tools and evidence of at least 25 Neolithic wooden buildings were also uncovered during excavations at the site of the new Old Petty championship golf course, near Archaeology Highland described the discovery of the chariot wheel as "rare". A 3,500-year-old Bronze Age cremation urn and evidence of medieval field systems and grain-drying kilns were among other said the discoveries "painted a picture" of ceremonial practices and farming life in the area from about 6,000 years ago through to the Middle Ages, which ended about 500 years finds are to be radiocarbon dated and documented before being handed over to museums in Inverness and Edinburgh. Andy Young, principal archaeologist at Avon Archaeology Highland, said the wheel was the most important of the remains were found in a cremation pit inside a palisade circle, an area enclosed by a fence made of wooden course company Cabot is developing the new McColm, vice-president of golf development, said: "It's humbling to think that our new championship course, Old Petty, will rest on such historically rich ground."In 2008, archaeologists uncovered a small - but vital - clue to the use of a chariot about 40 miles (64km) away at Birnie, near piece for a horse harness was found during an archaeological dig at an Iron Age site.
