‘Ghostly outlines’ of woman who died 1,400 years ago discovered

Ghostly outlines of a woman who died 1,400 years ago have been discovered. (Picture PA) 

Archaeologists have discovered the ‘ghostly outlines’ of a woman who died around 1,400 years ago.

 The partially preserved remains were found during an excavation near Muir of Ord on the Black Isle in the Scottish Highlands. 

The discovery was made on the final day of a three-week project at one of the largest Pictish cemeteries in Scotland and has left experts ‘astonished’. 

Dark patches revealed the stains of a skeleton that has been broken down in acidic soil of the ancient grave. Steve Birch, archaeological supervisor at the site, said: ‘After I found some blackened patches in the ground I decided to trowel back at that level and to my astonishment, the ghostly outlines of a skeleton started to appear.

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