Monument record MLI23062 - SKELETONS FOUND, SPALDING
Summary
SKELETONS FOUND, SPALDING
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
In 1921, four skeletons found while digging a well on the council houses site near the gas works at a depth of about 3 ft. In good state of preservation. One skeleton of a large male another possibly of a woman. Two other skeletons in close proximity and all were buried feet to feet. Appear to have been buried without coffins. The grass field in which the skeletons were found is about 1m from the Market Place and close to the banks of the Welland.{1}{2}
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SLI2177 Index: Parish card index of the former South Lincolnshire Archaeology Unit. SPALDING. - -.
- <2> SLI3942 Serial: 1921. LINCOLNSHIRE FREE PRESS. P 5.
Map
Location
Grid reference | TF 2530 2340 (point) |
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Civil Parish | SPALDING, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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