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They Uncovered An Ancient Chariot In England Including Horses And A Rider

When most of us go off to work in the morning, we don’t necessarily expect anything life shattering to occur. In most cases, we go about our daily business and go home again in the evening, just happy to be done with the day. Every once in a while, however, something interesting takes place and in some cases, it could even be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. That is what happened at this construction site when a development company in Pocklington, England uncovered an amazing discovery.

The development company was preparing to start construction on the new property. This is probably a routine event for them that takes place every time they start a new project but in this case, they found something incredible. It was a chariot that was buried on the property but there is much more to the story. Not only was the chariot discovered, but they also discovered the remains of the horses and even the rider of the chariot as well!

The managing director at Persimmon Homes Yorkshire, Simon Usher had the following to say:

“We can confirm that a significant archaeological discovery, featuring an Iron Age horse-drawn chariot, has been made at our development, The Mile in Pocklington. Careful excavation is ongoing by our archaeologists and a thorough investigation is in process to date and detail the find.”

They did not want to comment any further on the significance of the discovery until a full investigation had taken place. He did say that the upcoming BBC four series, Digging for Britain would feature the chariot.

The chariot is thought to be from the Iron Age, which began approximately 1200-600 BCE. It occurred after the collapse of the Bronze Age and the era was marked by the introduction of steel and iron as a material for making weapons and tools.

It isn’t completely out of the question for a buried chariot to appear in this part of England. A different chariot was found with horses in 2017. In this latest uncovering, however, the rider is also included.

In 2017, Archaeology Arts reported the following: “The chariot was buried as part of a funerary practice that was not uncommon in the Iron Age. However, the horses were a rather surprising addition.”

It is becoming more and more apparent that it was a common practice for the horses to be attached to the chariot when burying it. When you consider the fact that within just 18 months, 2 different chariots were found in the same town with the horses included.

It is thought that the remains from the discovery in 2017 date back to 500 BC. It was the first of its kind in the past two centuries to be discovered and only 26 of those chariots have ever been unearthed in the UK.

1817 was the last time that a burial site similar to this was found. In that year, archaeologists discovered a warrior who was buried with four spears placed in his spine and one in his groin. It is thought that it may have been an attempt to ‘release his spirit’.

Overall, 79 square burial site similar to this one have been found in England. 138 have been attributed to a group of people who lived in the area in the middle Iron Age. 22 were from the Anglian period, Which occurred approximately 6-800 years later

The details on this latest find have yet to be fully released. It is likely that archaeologists are going to continue to explore this area of England further.