The remains are estimated to be dated from 410 AD.
What remains of an ancient graveyard was found where the HS2 track will soon run in Buckinghamshire archeologists have discovered 425 bodies one the route of the new railway line – around 40 of them decapitated.
Around 10% of the skeletons had their heads removed, with several instances of the skull being placed between the legs or next to the feet. HS2 is not required to rebury them, unlike those exhumed from Christian grounds such as St James’s Gardens, north London.The archaeologists also discovered more than 1,200 coins at Fleet Marston, indicating it was an area of trade and commerce.
Copa senior project manager Richard Brown said: ‘The excavation is significant in both enabling a clear characterisation of this Roman town but also a study of many of its inhabitants. Fleet Marston is one of more than 100 archaeological sites examined by HS2 since 2018 on the route of the first phase of the railway between London and Birmingham.
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