Possible Richard III Body Almost Destroyed in 1800s
Last month, a search for King Richard III’s remains turned up a human skeleton beneath a parking lot in England. Researchers have a long way to go in the lab before they can determine whether it belongs to the monarch, but they say they were lucky to have found a body at all. Evidence suggests the grave was almost razed by 19th-century builders.
“It was incredibly lucky,” archaeologist Mathew Morris, said in a statement. “If the Victorians had dug down 30cm (12 inches) more they would have built on top of the remains and destroyed them.”
Leicester City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby added that the head of the body was found “inches from the foundations of a Victorian building.”
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Comment by Logos Tartaros on October 30, 2012 at 3:04pm -
Richard III dig: Bones found in Leicester car park may be friary founder
Archaeologists are looking into the possibility that the second set of human remains found at the Richard III dig site are those of the friary’s founder.
A female skeleton was unearthed at the Franciscan friary in the city centre at the same time as University of Leicester scientists were excavating the body of a man they believe could be Richard III.
The female remains have not been subjected to the same rigorous examination as those of the last Plantagenet king.
However, evidence suggests they may be the remains of Ellen Luenor who, along with husband Gilbert, is thought to have founded the 13th century friary now buried beneath the Greyfriars car park, in New Street.
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Comment by Logos Tartaros on October 30, 2012 at 3:13pm
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I imagine Edward the fifth and Richard of Shrewsbury are non-plussed; Sir James Tyrrell, you bastard...
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