IT is usually journalists who are accused of digging the dirt, but when archaeologist scratched below the surface of a newspaper car park they found three skeletons.
The grisly discovery began with half a skull and an arm bone protruding from the bottom of a 3ft deep trench, which was found to contain another set of human remains below.
The grisly discovery began with half a skull and an arm bone protruding from the bottom of a 3ft deep trench, which was found to contain another set of human remains below.
In another 20ft trench just five metres away in the East Lothian Courier car park in Newton Port, Haddington, the archaeologists found another skeleton.
Four one inch pieces of what has been described as white, gritty pottery were also found last Friday and are now set to be analysed and given to a local museum.
The remains are believed to have been from some kind of Christian burial, while the pottery is between 500 and 800 years old.
They were uncovered during a dig ahead of development of the building and car park by Abercorn Archaeology, near Haddington.
Site manager Richard Heawood was reported as saying the bones were "definitely human".
"We have found some bones which suggest there may have been a burial."
Four one inch pieces of what has been described as white, gritty pottery were also found last Friday and are now set to be analysed and given to a local museum.
The remains are believed to have been from some kind of Christian burial, while the pottery is between 500 and 800 years old.
They were uncovered during a dig ahead of development of the building and car park by Abercorn Archaeology, near Haddington.
Site manager Richard Heawood was reported as saying the bones were "definitely human".
"We have found some bones which suggest there may have been a burial."
(Scotsman.com - 15 February 2007)
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