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Evening Standard
Environment
Lucinda Cameron

Fragments of Iron Age textile found in loch go on show for first time

A rare piece of Iron Age textile which lay buried in a loch for nearly 2,500 years is going on public display for the first time.

The woven fabric, believed to be one of the oldest of its kind in Britain, was found in Loch Tay in Perthshire where it was naturally preserved by the silt on the bottom.

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