Team Badger did it again. Barrow Clump is the only surviving
mound of a group of 20 that got plowed into oblivion. The Bronze Age site,
sitting on military grounds in Salisbury Plain, shares its surroundings with a bunch
of active badgers.
With a furry population 70 dens strong, it soon became
apparent that the creatures were doing their own damaging version of an
excavation, digging up artifacts and leaving them strewn about.A rehabilitation
program for soldiers brought in a team of military men injured in Afghanistan
to salvage what they could. What they discovered was not only a great find for
history but also for themselves.
The troops belonging to The Rifles found their
own ancient version in the form of 27 warriors. The burials contained the
remains of Anglo-Saxon males buried with personal items and weapons dating to
the sixth century
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