Stonehenge Archer

The Stonehenge Archer is a captivating figure from the Bronze Age, whose remains were found in the outer ditch of Stonehenge. Unlike other burials in the vicinity, his body was not placed in a barrow but was instead meticulously laid to rest in the ditch.

Upon examining his skeleton, archaeologists determined that he was a local man, approximately 30 years old at the time of his death around 2300 BCE. He earned the nickname "archer" because he was buried with a stone wrist-guard and flint arrowheads. Intriguingly, some of these arrowheads were embedded in his bones, indicating that he may have met a violent end.

His remains were unearthed in 1978 during an excavation led by archaeologists Richard Atkinson and John G. Evans. Today, his remains are displayed at the Salisbury Museum in Salisbury.