Wetwang wagon grave

One of the three Late Iron Age wagon graves of Wetwang ( English Wetwang Chariot Burials ) was, in the village of Wetwang 2001 East Riding of Yorkshire , in England discovered.

The excavation of the wagon grave on a hill at the east end of the village revealed that an approximately 35-year-old woman had been buried here with a wagon. The wooden parts of the five-square-meter two-wheeled cart had gone, but metal fittings indicated their position. The dismantled twelve-spoke wheels were about 35 cm in diameter. The burial is dated to around 300 BC. Dated and belongs to the Arras culture .

The discovery gave archaeologists an opportunity to create a replica of the oldest wagon found on the island. Other finds were also used, notably the pieces of wooden wheel found in Glastonbury Lake Village , Somerset . The face of the buried woman was reconstructed from the skull.

See also

• Newbridge chariot grave
• Ferrybridge chariot grave

literature

• Dorothea van Endert: On the position of the chariot graves of the Arras culture in 1986

Web links

• British Museum (English)
• BBC (English)
• Yorkshire History ( Memento of 7 May 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 54 ° 1 ′ 12 ″  N , 0 ° 34 ′ 29 ″  W.