VIDEO: Derelict pub site reveals hidden secret as 46 bodies are unearthed
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered 46 sets of human remains from what is thought to be a late-Roman cemetery during the redevelopment of a derelict pub.
The remains – including complete skeletons – were found during a dig at the site of the Talbot Inn, in Caistor, which is being transformed into a £1.3-million Lincolnshire Co-operative foodstore.
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Site assistant archeologist Tom Garside works on one of the skeletons found at the Lincolnshire Co-operative development.
The site is being monitored by Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd because six sets of remains, believed to be Roman, had already been found during the pre-planning process.
Further graves were revealed and after consultation with the planning authority, a team from Pre-Construct undertook a five-week dig on the site.
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As the dig came to an end on Thursday, the count was at 46 sets of remains, all of which have now been taken away for safekeeping and, eventually, burial.
Site assistant archeologist Tom Garside works on one of the skeletons found at the Lincolnshire Co-operative development.
Fiona Walker, site supervising archaeologist, works on a full length skeleton which is thought to be an adult male.
Find out more in today's Grimsby Telegraph.
Comments
by Angela Buchhop, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Tuesday, August 31 2010, 4:19PM
“The cream colored house directly to the left of the worksite is the house my mother was born in. She always said it was haunted.”
by Peanut, inside a shell
Saturday, July 10 2010, 2:01PM
“were they there during the last lock in?”