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Possible long cist. Human bones were found by Parks staff in August 1987 when digging holes for goalposts. The skeleton, apart from the lower legs, was removed with stones, which may have lined the grave, by Police to their Forensic Medicine Department. The skeleton was some 50 cm below the surface, lay on its back facing upwards and aligned east - west with the skull at the west end. It is unknown what date the burial is, but due to the recorded site of St Ninian's Chapel and burial ground they may belong to the medieval period. The remains were discovered to be of one individual: a relatively young adult male about 5ft 5in (1.65 m) tall. The skeleton was rather poorly preserved with few bones surviving in an intact state. The lumbar vertebrae showed the individual had suffered from some destructive pathological condition affecting the lower spine. The location and appearance of the bone lesions were suggestive of tuberculosis, which may well have been the immediate cause of death. Dating of these bones was subsequently carried out, producing a calendar age of somewhere in the range AD 540 to 630.
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NO64SE0011 - VICTORIA PARK, ARBROATH