Gas workers uncover Scottish Bronze Age cemetery

Gas pipeline workers in Northern Scotland have uncovered a 3,500-year-old Bronze Age cremation cemetery.

The find was made near Auchnagatt and includes 10 cremation urns and human bones.

All the finds have been transferred from the site at Skilmafilly to Marischal Museum, Aberdeen, to be analysed.

Aberdeenshire Council archaeologist Ian Shepherd said: "Latest advances in archaeology mean we will be able to analyse the ashes in the pots like never before.

"Tiny crystallised fragments of DNA contained in the bone fragments can reveal all sorts about the person who died, including when they died, possibly their sex and whether they were in good health."