The structure may be around 4,000 years old, although it is not clear at present what it contains, experts said.
An enigmatic structure that likely dates back thousands of years to the Bronze Age has been discovered in an English national park, archaeologists have revealed.The structure appears to be a cist—a coffin-like, stone-built box or burial camber that was used to hold the bodies of the dead in prehistoric times, experts said.It was spotted two years ago in Dartmoor National Park, an upland area located in the county of Devon, southwest England, local broadcaster Radio Exe reported.
The fact that the peat around the find is waterlogged means that any artifacts or clothing inside it may could still be preserved.The park authority has earmarked £90,000 for an excavation of the site. Such an undertaking would begin by conducting a laser-scanning survey to determine exactly what lies in the ground, followed by an attempt to remove the structure.This would be challenging and costly because the structure could weigh more than 600 pounds.
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