Cat's Cairn Wisdom
Cat drags in new theory on cairns The actions of a domestic cat have thrown up a new theory about ancient stone burial cairns in Caithness. This is taken from an online article by the BBC . Archaeologists built a mock-up of the structures as part of an experiment. Archaeologists built reconstructions of burial cairns and ancient towers called brochs as part of a series of research projects and excavations carried out in Caithness over the summer. Emma Sanderson, of Caithness Archaeology Trust, said it was found that a dead rabbit had been left in the replica by a cat. She said it could mean that animal bones found in real cairns were not the remains of ceremonial offerings, as thought, but left by other creatures. The cat's dead rabbit has provided a new theory that they had been killed by other animals years after the cairn had fallen into disrepair. Another theory about cairns may also have been exploded after archaeologists knocked down their mock-up. It was noted that the stone