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- GUARD Archaeology researchers uncovered a 3,300-year-old mass burial in the Nithsdale hills, south of Sanquhar, Scotland, with five urns and at least eight cremated individuals; excavations occurred in 2020 and 2021.
- The findings point to a significant event, possibly famine, causing the burial between 1439 and 1287 BC.
- Nearby excavations uncovered late Neolithic activity dating from 2867 to 2504 BC.
- The research was funded by R J McLeod and Statkraft.
