Find Spot record 0009903000 - ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD, EDLESBOROUGH

SKULLS OF 5 INDIVIDUALS, OF WHICH 3 ARE PREVIOUSLY UNDISTURBED BURIALS, DISCOVERED DURING WATCHING BRIEF ON TRIAL PITS AT DEPTHS OF 0.12M-0.5M BELOW THE SURFACE. 1 OF THE UNDISTURBED BURIALS WAS WITHIN A CHALK-CUT GRAVE WITH HEAD SHAPED-RECESS, PROBABLY MEDIEVAL. 4 BURIALS AT JUNCTION OF S WALL OF CHANCEL & S AISLE, 1 BURIAL AT NE CORNER OF S PORCH. ALL SKELETAL MATERIAL WAS LEFT IN-SITU (B11).
A watching brief carried out by Network Archaeology in January and February 2010 during repairs to the access path and steps, recorded the remains of 7 articulated burials, all believed to be post-medieval in date, and a large number of disarticulated human bones, found at depths of 0.15m-0.35m below the surface. One burial extended beyond the limit of excavation and was left in-situ and six burials were analysed in detai. The disarticulted bone represented a minimum of 34 individuals. See report for detail (B13).