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Medieval Burial Pit Exhumed Near Leicester Cathedral - Archaeology Magazine

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LEICESTER, ENGLAND—The Guardian reports that a narrow shaft containing the remains of more than 100 people was discovered near Leicester Cathedral, in an area where a new heritage learning center will be constructed. The burials are thought to date to the early twelfth century, during a period of illness and hunger described in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. No buckles or brooches were found among the remains, and the position of their limbs sugges…
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