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?!

Yawninghippo if you get stuck with the bone puttering together bit, just sing this song:

Love the new name

Bone putterer togetherer 😂

Why thank you Bertie

Hippo We could call the position 'Lieutenant Ligament' for short? They hold bones together too so not a million miles away from what you'll be doing (in the corner under the silver birch)

So if anyone is interested in genuinely excavating mediaeval skeletons, I know an archaeology site that runs training on this. No previous experience required. Older children can participate too as long as they are accompanied by an adult also doing the training!

Ooh yes. We could have a day out. Team Yorik.

Count me and DS1 and potentially 2 in x

You'd have to dedicate a week to it. You can't learn to dig up bones properly in just a day!!

It's just occurred to me Ouriana that you can't have had many opportunities to display your knowledge here in the past?

I can confirm that the top and hole appear very smooth. It was jagged all the way around - not a smooth oval shape at all.

Placemarking 💀
Need to know how's this ends 😄 Brilliant thread

My DDs think I am an embarrassment too. But for my extensive knowledge of body fluids. Bones are much much cooler. And cleaner.

I'd be impressed by your party trick ouriana

You could re enact this scene beautifully

m.youtube.com/watch?v=dYi0uY53H5A

Could you do that for the whole body Ouriana?!

I've just realised that we've come this far without me telling you that I have a cellar that appears to have a boarded-up area in it.

The discovery of YS has further strengthened my resolve to never set foot in the cellar again. Apparently, there used to be a tunnel between our house and the church. 😳

La la la happy place

Just think of the fun of using the tunnel and popping up behind the vicar during a service and making him/her jump.

You are, (I guess) about 40 miles north of me here in Oxfordshire. Right in the heart of English Civil War territory. I wonder if that's when the tunnel was created?

If the police are involved with YS skull and especially the member of the constabulary who 'looked you up and down', when they visit next ask them to investigate the cellar/tunnel. You never know there might be smugglers.

Silver we must be pretty local to each other, we can car share to the dig/cellar excavation garden party.

Surely we definitely don't need a permit to do the cellar? I've got a head torch I can bring...

A boarded up area in the cellar?? This is going to be like the Victorian safe again isn't it?

Lieutenant Ligament reporting eagerly for grim duty!

My DD would be very impressed with your party trick Ouriana she's obsessed with skeletons!

I could not have a boarded up place in a cellar without immediately investigating - clearly read too much Enid Blyton books but its bound to lead to an adventure!

I'll volunteer for cellar unboarding duty!

I bet the boarded up area is the start of the tunnel!