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?!

OYBBK I base my knowledge on Time Team and various ITV detective series!

I think it might be unethical to trade human body parts, if not illegal these days. Though heaven knows, enough people did it with mummified bits from Egypt.

But Slippersandacuppa how long have you lived there? What were the previous occupants like? Anyone gone missing in the last decade or so?

If no one claims it may I have it??

I fucking love skulls.

you can trade in human bones, not sure about permits or things though.

i have a friend who has an athame which has a handle made of human finger bone...

so it might be a saxon head?

If it's not illegal then you could set up quite a cottage industry, like Baldrick in Blackadder. Bit short on papal dispensations but saint's fingers, you're quids in

this is the best thread on mn in ages!

Sometimes people were not allowed to be buried inside the graveyard, but had to be buried outside its walls. So he might not be a wanderer, he might have always been there (and have friends nearby...). Would the church arrange a reburial in such circumstances I wonder - would his/her past 'crime' be forgiven now?

Tor mind. I wondered that. Suicides, criminals etc. A bit sad.

Kirsty Allsopp would probably make it the centre of a flower arrangement.

dh, ex copper says to phone the rozzers

he also said to tell them you found it in the middle and you might get the whole garden dug over by SOCO.

Personally I'd have popped it in the dishwasher and set it on the shelf with my collection. FindersKeepers and all that.

Sir Tony Baldrick Robinson needs to get round and do some geo fizz pronto.

I'd want to keep it if I found it in my garden but I'd call the police.. After all, where better to hide a body than a grave yard?

Can we have a picture at least? Could you put tea lights in the eyes?

Forgot to say please! Can you show us a pic please :)

This is a bit of a real person - you don't put bits of other people in the dishwasher or stick tea lights in them or use them to display flowers unless you are into some really kinky shit

Another one wanting a picture. Have you called the police yet?

Not the dishwasher. Really. Even if he/she is v old it's not dignified.

How very intriguing! I hope it turns out to be a Saxon skull. Wow.

I am not sure the skull would even survive the dishwasher. it might disintegrate and clog the filter.

But it is interesting. Wouldn't it be amazing to find out who, male or female, when, what they did, looked like, lived like?