Buryfreepress reports that human bones and medieval artefacts have been discovered by workers dredging the River Lark at West Row.
An adult male skull and the shoulder of a juvenile were revealed as silt was being removed from the river by Environment Agency workers.
Ryan Eley, team leader in charge of the dredging operation, said: "We were undertaking some flood risk management when we found these bones. We thought they were cattle bones because they came up individually – that was until we found the skull. Obviously, our first thought was that we'd come across a crime scene so our first port of call was the police."
"When they gave us the all clear, we contacted the archaeological team at Suffolk County Council. They came out to the site and went through the silt in case there was anything else of interest."
He added: "When you dredge rivers you find all kinds of things, but this is the first time I've come across human remains in my time working for the Environment Agency."
Although the grisly discovery – made in mid-December – turned out not to be connected with a recent crime, examinations showed the man had come to a gruesome end – a hole in the skull indicated it had been pierced with an iron arrow or a spear.
The circumstances of the adult's death are unknown although there was a battle at nearby Fornham in 1173, but the association is speculation, said the report.
From: Sandandgravel.com
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