Photograph by David Iliff
Burrowing rabbits have unearthed an archaeological “gold mine” of Stone Age treasures buried near Land’s End in Cornwall.
A formal excavation of the site is yet to begin, but archaeologists have already found Neolithic arrow heads, flint tools, and hide scrapers thanks to the furry creatures.
Dean Paton, team leader from Big Heritage at the site under 200m from the famous landmark, told the Daily Mirror:
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.
Big Heritage plans to honour their helpful digging companions with a “archaeobunnies” children’s trail near the site once they have excavated the location.
