03.14.08

Remains of 17th Century Witchcraft in Cornish Pits

Posted in Uncategorized at 8:08 pm by jamesrfrench

Evidence of pagan rituals involving swans and other birds in the Cornish countryside in the 17th century has been uncovered by archaeologists.

Since 2003, 35 pits at the site in a valley near Truro have been excavated containing swan pelts, dead magpies, unhatched eggs, quartz pebbles, human hair, fingernails and part of an iron cauldron.

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