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Grave yard unearthed at former Chester police HQ

09:56, Feb 28 2008

by Paul Mannion, Chester Chronicle

 

A MEDIEVAL grave yard with more than a hundred skeletons has been unearthed on the multimillion pound Police HQ site.

The “fascinating” and “important” discoveries have “transformed” experts’ views of ancient Chester.

City archaeologist Mike Morris said: “This was the largest excavation to have taken place in Chester in more than 30 years. It will transform our view of the Roman town and the Medieval nunnery.”

The mass burial site was part of the 850-year-old-Benedictine Nunnery of St Mary’s.

Full story in Friday’s Chronicle.

 

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