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Reconstructed head, Kilmartin Museum, Kilmartin, Scotland

Reconstruction of the head of a woman aged 25-35 who lived in Kilmartin Glen around 4000 years ago, based on analysis and digital scanning of a human skeleton, in Kilmartin Museum, reopened 2023, in Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The skeleton was found in a disturbed grave, 2120 - 1780 BC, at Upper Largie gravel quarry, along with flint tools and sherds of a Beaker pot. The museum interprets the prehistoric monuments of Kilmartin Glen, which features over 350 monuments including cairns, standing stones, stone circles, forts, castles and rock carvings from Neolithic times to the Bronze Age. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Reconstruction of the head of a woman aged 25-35 who lived in Kilmartin Glen around 4000 years ago, based on analysis and digital scanning of a human skeleton, in Kilmartin Museum, reopened 2023, in Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The skeleton was found in a disturbed grave, 2120 - 1780 BC, at Upper Largie gravel quarry, along with flint tools and sherds of a Beaker pot. The museum interprets the prehistoric monuments of Kilmartin Glen, which features over 350 monuments including cairns, standing stones, stone circles, forts, castles and rock carvings from Neolithic times to the Bronze Age. Picture by Manuel Cohen