With a human skull in the garden?

[Slippersandacuppa]

Because I've never been in this situation before.

We've been tidying up the garden and have piles of rubble all over the place. One of our rickety old fences borders a graveyard (very old belonging to ancient church) and I'm assuming the skull sort of drifted under our fence and has been near the top of the soil for a while. I hope.

I've googled but can't seem to find much info. I'll be contacting the parish council on Monday but wondered if it warrants a call to 101 (or whatever it is) to register it just in case it's not a graveyard wanderer

Anyone had a similar experience?!

Goodness slippers what a thought! It made me wince that's another reason right there for DH to despise the spikes!

Any news from the police on YS yet slippers, it's rather disappointing they've not given the neighbours much to talk about!

Oh yes ConferencePear

One at 0.2miles and two at 0.5miles. Depends if you're after food, real ale or old locals.

Cider and a packet of nuts will do me.

Can I come if I promise to bring lots of luverly cushions? Archaeology is very hard on the knees. Oh and if I bring Mateydog he is excellent at digging up gardens to find bones.

Slippers I like your accuracy in terms of distance to pub from Slipper Towers.

YS could have been a witch. I attended the funeral of a decapitated body found locally 7 years ago. Link here

Are you sure there is no body nearby op?

I wanted to be an archaeologist when I was a child. But I don't like the rain or the cold so I changed my mind.

My ds (4) wants to be an archaeologist because he wants to be like Indiana Jones. I should make him watch Time Team, but I don't want to shatter his dream

Oh I've just had a thought: What if YS is....an alien?!

Hi all - we've had quite a few nominations for this one to be moved into Classics and we do agree it's great. We'll move it over there now.

visions I have a degree in criminology and forensics and work in a totally unrelated field as does everyone I know from uni!

Though to be a forensic pathologist I believe you need a medical degree.??

www.forensicmed.co.uk/careers/training-in-the-uk/

Looks like there's ten training places a year for qualified doctors.

I'm sure there's other level work like the old SOCO type stuff which doesn't involve being a doctor.

nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/forensicscientist.aspx

thanks for that Simon, I'll pass it on. She's mainly interested in dead bodies at the moment, so the medical degree isn't necessarily putting her off, but with my Sensible Mum hat on, I'm more keen on "is there a job at the end of it?" with another DC heading off to do psychology...

Oh my goodness Beccamumsnet Thank you, thank you!!!

Go Team YS, we did it! I have such a feeling of validation now

Sorry, nothing from the coppers yet. The county archaeologist was supposed to be looking at him on Monday. What is a reasonable amount of time to wait to avoid coming across as one of Sharon's weirdos?

Visions What are you saying about psychology degrees? Hmm? Actually, I couldn't agree with you more. I haven't used mine in any of my jobs. I had visions of going into forensics. I think it's a good job I emigrated before I got that far - I'd just get far too attached to the evidence. I'm missing the little fella.

Matey Yep. It was top of our list of considerations when choosing an area. Good primary school came a close second.

Keith I'm pretty sure there is a body nearby. I had some very important weeding to do in the vicinity yesterday evening no teeth or ribs visible yet

I really am irrationally happy that I'm been directly involved in a classic. If you see someone walking around the Shire grinning like a chimp, that's me

I also keep forgetting that our meet up isn't real (I've been picturing where to set up the tee pee and shabby chin wooden trestle table with jar full of homegrown flowers) and getting sad

*I've

See, fingers so happy they can't type.

I've meant to post on this at least 3 times already, so to place mark, I'll just say that I don't know if I'd be more excited by a visit by CSI or an archaeologist dig.

Can I apply for the position of 'bone putter togetherer?' I have been building the parts of the National Geographic body magazine and feel that I'm ready to move on from plastic to the real thing. The fact that it took me an hour to figure out how the jaw clipped on to the skull should not hold me back!

Slightly off topic but this reminds me a little of a wonderful children's book called The Ghost Of Thomas Kempe. Some builders doing up a house accidentally release a spirit that's been trapped in a wall for hundreds of years. If you start to find notes in spidery old mans handwriting around the house do let us know.

Loving this. Doing the garden when I first moved into my place, we found a full dog and cat skeleton. Also 3 little Skelton's which were either hamsters, gerbils or something similar.
Nothing as exciting as you OP.

I remember that one, Sharon. Wasn't he a nasty piece of work, which is why they put him in the bottle in the first place?

It reminds me of a book by J Sheridan Le Fanu called (funnily enough) The House by the Churchyard. They dig up an old skull with a hole in it at the beginning, but it's in the graveyard, not the garden!

Sorry to hear about your shabby chin, slippers - maybe tidy that up before your nice policemen come back?

What do you think it's me

I remembered that I don't even really like tea. I considered SpikyWineGlass too.

Thanks for that Sharon 😳 DH isn't here.

Lweji I used to love CSI. Somehow CSI Warwickshire doesn't have the same ring to it as CSI Miami or New York though. It could be like a cross between CSI, Escape to the Country and Miss Marple.

Well spotted Queen

I shall pretend I meant YS's shabby chin. N isn't even anywhere near C?