Bone fragments have been found at Arthur's Stone! It must have been just after we visited the site, and the dig is finishing now for the season.
One of the students found the cremated bone fragments (human bone) in a stone cist* which was part of the mound covering the monument. It's very exciting, because actual evidence of burials or depositing human remains on the site are vanishingly rare.
The bones will be sent off to a specialist for analysis.
* A cist (or kist) is a stone box buried in the ground to contain human remains - bodies can be buried or cremated. The one at Arthur's Stone was fairly small, and the remains were cremated.
Here's the link:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-66246846?at_link_id=CB0482CE-26BE-11EE-84EA-181CD99D5CC3&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_medium=social&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_campaign_type=owned&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_origin=BBC_Hereford_%26_Worcester&at_link_type=web_link&at_format=link&fbclid=IwAR2hEDBepzAzxglueLEK3YACIHhTA7whb20pqy2b_BimkbjKlQT3ZihGHK0
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