Time Team S4E2 - Mystery of the Cornish Skeletons - Launceston, Cornwall
Time Team S4E2 - Mystery of the Cornish Skeletons - Launceston, Cornwall
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Filmed between 22 and 24 March 1996. A local landowner has discovered human bones while installing water pipes. It is known to be the site of a former leper hospital, and a major crossing between Devon and Cornwall. How much more can Time Team discover about it? Phil uncovers a complete skeleton which has received a Christian burial, and which Osteoarchaeologist Margaret Cox identifies as a young adult female. She also examines the bone fragments for signs of leprosy. Juliet Griffin makes a herbal poultice to dress the lepers' wounds. Robin Bush looks at the 13th century charter granted to the hospital.
Released Jan 16, 1994
Runtime 50min
Genre Documentary, Mystery
Actor Gus Casely-Hayford, Natalie Haynes, Carenza Lewis
Director Tim Taylor
Production N/A