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Prehistoric human skull found at Isle of Man Airport
A PREHISTORIC human skull dating back 5,000 years together with remains relating to a Neolithic house have been discovered during works on the runway extension project at Ronaldsway.
Experts from Oxford Archaeology called in to carry out the excavation have described the finds as being of 'national and possibly European significance'.
They include remains of a building, a rubbish dump and funerary and mortuary finds, including stone cairns built over the top of commemoration pyres, as well as flint flakes and tools and fragments of ancient pottery vessels.
Airport director Ann Reynolds said the discovery of the remains, found within a 60m stretch of a proposed parallel taxiway extension to the north east of the airfield was 'unlikely' to delay the runway project, scheduled for completion in December 2009.
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