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  • Rare Medieval cemetery is unearthed near Cardiff containing 70 graves of 'high status' people buried in bizarre positions

    01/03/2024 8:13:21 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 19 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | January 3rd, 2024 | Wiliam Hunter
    What has been found at the site?·70 graves are estimated to have been dug into the bedrock.·There are two rings of perimeter ditches.·Of the 18 graves excavated, four contain crouching skeletons.·The researchers have also found fragments of glass from Bordeaux and pottery from North Africa.·They believe that they may find evidence of a church or monastic site.In particular, the archaeologists are interested in fragments of fine glass from Bordeaux and pottery that may have come from as far as North Africa.This suggests that the people buried in the cemetery were of a high status within society and that the site...