UK - The miniature coffins of Edinburgh's Arthur's Seat

It may have been Charles Fort, in one of his more memorable passages, who described the strange discovery best:

That, early in July, 1836, some boys were searching for rabbits’ burrows in the rocky formation, near Edinburgh, known as Arthur’s Seat. In the side of a cliff, they came upon some thin sheets of slate, which they pulled out.

Little cave.

Seventeen tiny coffins.

Three or four inches long.

In the coffins were miniature wooden figures. They were dressed differently in both style and material. There were two tiers of eight coffins each, and a third one begun, with one coffin.

The extraordinary datum, which has especially made mystery here:

That the coffins had been deposited singly, in the little cave, and at intervals of many years.

In the first tier, the coffins were quite decayed, and the wrappings had moldered away.

In the second tier, the effects of age had not advanced so far.

And the top coffin was quite recent looking.
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