'Nothing like it!' Archaeologists think mysterious pit with human remains could be Iron Age 'hot tub'

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Archaeologists have unearthed a puzzling stone-lined pit believed to date to roughly 2,000 years ago, in the Iron Age.

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The oval structure, which measures approximately 3m in length, 2m across and 3m in depth, was uncovered during excavation work near Dornoch in the Scottish Highlands aimed at expanding a neighbouring quarry.Inside, researchers found a prehistoric skeleton thought to belong to a woman, along with animal bones, burnt material including ash and charcoal, and half of a small soapstone bowl.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Lachlan McKeggie, director of Highland Archaeology Services, said: "The stones appear to have been expertly fitted together with no mortar to help hold them in place." He noted that one wall stone had previously served as a mortar or grinder base, bearing a distinctive hollow worn into it before...

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