Pitty Close Farm finds

29 May 2026

Archaeologists excavate the site at Pitty Close Farm in Leeds. As well as the cremated remains of a child and three adults, the dig uncovered fragments of a decorated clay urn, part of a pin which was carefully carved from a piece of animal bone and the shattered blade of a delicately honed flint knife. Photo credit WYAAS.

Pitty Close Farm finds: Archaeologists excavate the site at Pitty Close Farm in Leeds.
As well as the cremated remains of a child and three adults, the dig uncovered fragments of a decorated clay urn, part of a pin which was carefully carved from a piece of animal bone and the shattered blade of a delicately honed flint knife.
Photo credit WYAAS.
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