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V. An Account of Human Bones filled with Lead. In a Letter from Mr. Worth, late of Diss, F.A.S. to Edward King, Esq; With Observations thereon by Dr. Hunter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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I have taken the liberty of transmitting to you a bone which seems to be extremely singular. It was found in making a grave in the chancel of Badwell Ash, near Walsham le Willows in Suffolk (in Blackbourn hundred), about the middle of last April. The sexton of this parish, after removing the pavement and about two feet of the earth, came upon a vaulted arch, which was so very strongly cemented together, that it was with great difficulty he broke through it. After he had removed the upper part of this arch, he proceeded to throw out the contents of the vault, which was made to contain only one coffin, and in which were a number of bones that appeared to have been deposited there a long time, and some of the mould which he let fall in, in breaking through the arch; but no appearance either of wood, or lead coffin.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1777

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