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DUNSTABLE: 3 partial and 2 complete human skeletons found on 27 September 1969 during archaeological excavations at Friary Field, Dunstable; the excavator believed early Saxon settlers had cut into a prehistoric barrow whilst laying foundations for a building finding 3 skeletons, 2 of their own people, he believed, were then slaughtered and buried in the same spot as a propitiation; includes newspaper cutting relating to the find.

27 Sep 1969

From: 1969 To: 1969

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DUNSTABLE, human remains, skeleton, Dunstable fields, general archaeology, Saxons, newspaper cuttings