Medieval Bones

This isn't art related so much as it's just "cool medieval stuff," but hey, it's Friday!

Workers in Gloucester, England found the skeletons of two people laid side by side in the middle of digging up a road in the city . The County Council's archaeology service has determined that the skeletons, and the remains of a coffin found nearby, are medieval.

Originally thought to be Roman, the presence of the coffin remains indicates that the skeletons are probably medieval, possibly "from the time of St. Kyneburgh," said Paul Nichols of the Gloucester archaeology service. He said: "The site of St. Kyneburgh is recorded as being at the site of the south gate but there are no exact records to say where it is because it was demolished. We're now going to send the bones to a specialist for further investigation."

As an aside, St. Kyneburgh was a 7th century abbess (find out more about her life here) who founded the abbey in the village of Castor, near Peterborough.

Original article from the Gloucestershire County Council can be found here.