Forteviot stone chest
The Bronze Age stone box of Forteviot , discovered in 2009 in what will later be the Pictish royal city near Perth in Strathearn in Scotland , dates from around 2000 BC. Chr.
A stone slab, two by two meters, 40 centimeters thick and weighing four tons, covered a rectangular stone box made of sandstone slabs, in which the remains of a burial (mainly grave goods) were found. Spirals and axes were engraved on the underside of the capstone . Inside the box, ax and weapon engravings were made on the spot where the buried person's head lay. Such rock carvings are very rare in this part of Scotland, with similar ones occurring in the Kilmartin Valley , Argyll and Bute . The buried, presumably of high social status, lay on white quartz stones under a lattice of birch bark.
Among the grave goods were a bronze dagger with a ribbed gold band around the handle, wooden objects and a leather pouch or pouch. The plant matter beneath the remains was recognized as flowers (perhaps meadowsweet ). They are the first evidence that the people of the Bronze Age in Scotland gave flowers to their dead. The size of the stone slabs, the extremely rare rock engravings, the rare preservation of the wood, leather and bovine items and the importance of the location give the find international significance.
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Coordinates: 56 ° 20 ′ 25.4 ″ N , 3 ° 31 ′ 49 ″ W.