HS2 said that the grisly find was unearthed during the excavation work at Wellwick Farm near Wendover, in Buckinghamshire. Archaeologists found the skeleton of an adult male buried face down in a ditch with hands bound together under his pelvis. The unusual burial position suggests the iron age man may have been a victim of a murder or execution, it added. Osteologists are currently examining the skeleton for further evidence of foul play, HS2 said. "The death of the Wellwick Farm man remains a mystery to us but there aren't many ways you end up in a bottom of a ditch, face down, with your hands bound.

Source: Daily Mirror July 11, 2020 01:15 UTC