Bronze Age mass burial site mystery near Sanquhar wind farm

Archaeologists Stumble Upon 3000-Year-Old Mass Burial Site Secrets of The Past

Could a single tragedy have struck a Bronze Age community in southern Scotland? That’s what archaeologists now suspect after uncovering a mysterious mass burial near Sanquhar.During excavations in 2020 and 2021 ahead of the Twentyshilling Wind Farm construction, Guard Archaeology stumbled upon a barrow.The excavations were undertaken during the construction preparations. It is an ancient burial mound.It contained five tightly packed urns with th…

Archaeologists find evidence of mysterious mass burial event in Scotland in gruesome discovery

Archaeologists have uncovered a gruesome discovery in southern Scotland during the construction of a wind farm. The cremated remains of multiple people were found interred together approximately 3,300 years ago near Sanquhar in Dumfries and Galloway.The discovery was made during construction work for the Twentyshilling Wind Farm access route.Guard Archaeology conducted excavations at the location between 2020 and 2021, revealing an ancient buria…

Bronze Age mass burial site mystery near Sanquhar wind farm

Archaeologists find evidence of some kind of "horrible event" in the hills of southern Scotland.

A Bronze Age Tragedy Buried Together: Evidence of a Sudden Mass Death Emerges in Southern Scotland

Archaeologists in southern Scotland have uncovered a rare Bronze Age mass burial dating back 3,300 years, where at least eight individuals...

Ancient Bronze Age mystery unearthed in the hills of south-west Scotland

Newly published research by GUARD Archaeology has revealed a mysterious mass burial event in the Nithsdale hills some 3,300 years ago. The archaeological excavations were undertaken in 2020 and 2021 by GUARD Archaeology during the construction of the access route to Twentyshilling Wind Farm across an area of open rough upland terrain to the south of Sanquhar in Dumfries and Galloway. Twentyshilling Barrow as it was first uncovered © GUARD Archa…