Complete skeletons in 'Anglo-Saxon cemetery' part of significant Holy Island discovery
Graves containing skeletons and bones from seals were found as part of excavations at Sanctuary Close on the Northumberland island
ByTony Henderson
16:00, 14 AUG 2017
Complete skeletons have been found among what is thought to be an Anglo-Saxon cemetery unearthed on Holy Island in Northumberland.
The graves were uncovered as part of excavations at Sanctuary Close, alongside the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory, and revealed unusual eating habits of days gone by.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/complete-skeletons-anglo-saxon-cemetery-13474400
