Tunnelling Through Black Death
Crossrail has come across some unusual going on its tunnelling throuygh London. According to this article, they have hit a Black Death burial pit. Here’s a couple of paragraphs.
A burial ground was known to be in an area outside the City of London, but its exact location remained a mystery.
Thirteen bodies have been found so far in the 5.5m-wide shaft at the edge of Charterhouse Square, alongside pottery dated to the mid-14th Century.
Analysis will shed light on the plague and the Londoners of the day.
You have to admire the way that Europe’s biggest project is handling the archaeology.
Strangely, I can’t remember any of the excavations finding any unexploded ordnance from the Second World War.
The Anonymous Widower 
This is a very interesting find. I look forward to hearing further developments. Mind you, I still haven’t got over my astonishment about Richard III’s corpse being found in a Leicester car park.
Comment by Janice Mermikli | March 15, 2013 |
There is a full blown archaeology project running alongside the tunnel construction. last year they ran an exhibition showing what they’d found.
https://anonw.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/bison-to-bedlam/
They’ve probably found enough for a permanent exhibition, with half about the archaeology and half about the actual project.
Comment by AnonW | March 15, 2013 |
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