The Malham Pipe

In 2018 a detailed article was published in this journal that sought to reassess the context, dating and significance of the Malham Pipe: a bone flute made from the tibia of a sheep or goat, found with one of thirteen secondary burials, in a Bronze Burial mound at the summit of Seaty Hill on Malham Moor. Significantly, this (earlier) article challenged the long-held assumption that the Malham Pipe and secondary burials were Iron Age in date. However, since its publication a number of important discoveries and rediscoveries have been made in relation to the Seaty Hill secondary burials, providing new dating evidence and further archaeological parallels. The following short article describes and discusses this new evidence, adding yet further weight to the argument that the Malham Pipe and Seaty Hill secondary burials are more likely to be Anglo-Saxon or early medieval in date

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