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Bronze Age burials at Inverness Asda site

A Bronze Age burial site has been uncovered at the planned location of the Highlands' first Asda supermarket.

Archaeologists found an area of cremation pits surrounded by a ring ditch at Slackbuie, in Inverness.

Almost 2,000 flints were also recovered from the field on the city's distributor road.

Pieces of Neolthic pottery known as Unstan Ware were also discovered during digs led by Edinburgh-based NG Archaeology Services.

The details are contained in an interim report following excavations made last November through to May this year as part of the store's planning process....
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