Carlinwell Stone - Remains found in Bronze Age pots
Two Bronze Age burial pots containing human remains have been found at the base of a standing stone in Angus.
CFA Archaeology excavated the ground around the Carlinwell Stone at Airlie, near Kirriemuir, after it fell over earlier in the winter.
Both pots - known as collared urns - could be up to 4,000 years old and were typically used in early Bronze age cremation burials.
The 7ft (2.1m) high monolith will be re-erected on Friday.
One of the pots is about 4in (10cm) in diameter, and the other is about 8in, the archaeologists said. Melanie Johnson, from CFA Archaeology of Musselburgh, said: "The pots are typical of early Bronze Age cremation burials. "People were burned on pyres and their remains gathered, put into pots and buried upside down in a pit." http://www.facebook.com/pages/CFA-Archaeology-Ltd/192613430754407 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-12689919
Roman skulls find is a first for Scotland
Archaeologists excavating the site of Musselburgh’s new primary care centre have unearthed human skeletons dating back to the Iron Age.
The remains of decapitated bodies – the first of their kind to be found in Scotland – were uncovered along with the ramparts of a Roman fortlet.
The discovery of the burial site, containing both Iron Age and Roman skeletons, is deemed to be of national importance, shedding new light on early settlements around the Roman fort at nearby Inveresk Village.
CFA Archaeology excavation at Edinburgh Castle Esplanade
Excavations for the new Tattoo stands on Edinburgh Castle esplanade have revealed the remains of a boundary wall dating back to the 17th Century. CFA Archaeology will now look at the surrounding area to gain a clearer understanding of what it was part of. A trench dug for one of more than 100 concrete pad foundations for the new stands revealed the remains of a wall around 1m (3.3ft) wide.
The works are part of a Scheduled Monument Consent granted by ministers. Last year the team found the foundations of the artillery bastion, known as the spur, that formed part of the outer defences dating to the 1540s.
