Newbridge chariot grave

The Newbridge chariot grave is a Late Iron Age burial. It was discovered in 2001 while developing a business park in Newbridge, west of Edinburgh .

It is the first chariot grave found in Scotland. Two radiocarbon samples were taken from the wheels. They date between 503 and 389 BC. Chr. ( Cal. ). Unlike the wagon graves of the Arras culture found in East Yorkshire , the wagon here was not dismantled, but rather buried as a whole together with its owner. This, together with structural similarities to wagons found in northern France or Belgium, indicates a close connection between Iron Age Scotland and continental Europe. However, the car has design peculiarities that indicate the beginning of a British tradition of car making.

Bones were not preserved, so no statements can be made about the sex or age of the buried.

The grave is about 200 m south of the much older Huly Hill Cairn .

See also

• Wetwang wagon grave
• Ferrybridge chariot grave

literature

• Stephen Carter, Fraser Hunter, Andrea Smith, A 5th Century BC Iron Age Chariot Burial from Newbridge, Edinburgh. In: Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society Volume 76, 2010, pp. 31-74.
• Stephen Carter, Fraser Hunter, The Newbridge Chariot. In: Current Archeology Volume 15, No. 10, 2002, pp. 413-415.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GU-10751, 350 ± 50 BP , 512-383 BC. Chr. Cal., 1σ, and GU-10752, 365 ± 40 BP, 510-392 BC. Chr., Cal., 1σ,
2. ↑ Stephen Carter, Fraser Hunter, Andrea Smith, A 5th Century BC Iron Age Chariot Burial from Newbridge, Edinburgh. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 76, 2010, 52.
3. ↑ Stephen Carter, Fraser Hunter, Andrea Smith, A 5th Century BC Iron Age Chariot Burial from Newbridge, Edinburgh. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 76, 2010, fig. 12
4. ↑ Stephen Carter, Fraser Hunter, Andrea Smith, A 5th Century BC Iron Age Chariot Burial from Newbridge, Edinburgh. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 76, 2010, 65
5. ↑ Stephen Carter, Fraser Hunter, Andrea Smith, A 5th Century BC Iron Age Chariot Burial from Newbridge, Edinburgh. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 76, 2010, 35

Web links

• Ancient chariot found in Edinburgh . BBC. March 12, 2001. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
• Ferrari of the Iron Age points to one careful, important owner . heraldscotland. April 5, 2002. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
• Angela Boyle: Riding into history . In: British Archeology, Issue 76 . May 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
• Entry on Newbridge's wagon grave  in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database

Coordinates: 55 ° 56 ′ 11.7 "  N , 3 ° 24 ′ 19.3"  W.