[...] it was decided to enclose the entire passage in a light, reinforced concrete tunnel, which would be hidden from view beneath the cairn material.
CARIES
No initial or established lesions were seen on any of the teeth. Since the incidence of decay reported from other European Neolithic populations is of the order of 2-10% (Brabant 1967) the absence of dental caries is not a wholly unexpected finding in this relatively small sample.