Photograph by Anne Burgess
The skeleton of a man stabbed four times in the back and buried around 900 years ago has been found during an archaeological dig at the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick, near Edinburgh.
Archaeologists believe that the man was over 20 years of age with a strong build, and wear to the shoulder that could imply an archer, but they could not tell if he had received further injuries due to the right side of the body being cut away in later burials.
From the size, shape, and position of the stab wounds, the archaeologists said that the blade used to stab the man was lozenge-shaped and at least 70mm in length. Daggers with such blades were considered a specialist military presence during the period according to Edinburgh News.