Rabbits discover massive haul of stone age treasure buried at Land's End

Rabbits discover massive haul of stone age treasure buried at Land's End
Feb 03, 2014 00:00

National hare-itage - burrowed treasure from 8,000 years ago unearthed by family of bunnies

A family of rabbits have dug up a “gold mine” of 8,000-year-old buried treasure near Land’s End.

Archaeologists told yesterday how burrowing bunnies unearthed arrow heads, flint tools and hide scrapers ­­­­­­dating back to the neolithic age.

It led to the discovery of a neolithic – or stone age – cemetery, bronze age burial mounds and an iron age hill fort within 200 yards of the ­ Cornish landmark.

Team leader Dean Paton, 30, said: “It seems important people have been buried here for ­thousands of years – probably because of the stunning views. It’s a million-to-one chance rabbits should make such an astounding find.

“They dug two little burrows right next to each other and all these ­treasures were thrown out of the earth. No one knows the scale of it but it’s a gold-mine. A family of rabbits have just rewritten the history books.”

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