The Tower of London is giving up some of its best-kept medieval secrets. In the most significant dig inside the fortress in a generation, archaeologists have uncovered up to 50 human remains, lost chapels, and a trove of rare artefacts beneath the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula.
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My mind reels at the thought of what the recovery units will find – again, no one knew anything was just under virtually every solid ‘floor’ – a bit of deja vue eh? How long it will be before they can identify the remains (if any) of the people (ages, sex, even occupations, ie. servants in the Tower etc?) and get that out to the public makes me pause. Could be YEARS. I know how archaeologists work goes, even if they issue the material in ‘filed report’ format I would want to read it in its entirety. Thanks for posting this Jo!
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