Olympic builders find 51 in burial pit

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:42 AM EDT

Article Source: The Sun Newspaper Online

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A GORY hoard of skulls and bones has been unearthed by builders working on a road for the 2012 Olympics.

Researchers believe the 51 decapitated skulls and body parts may be the remains of a group of naked young men who were put to the sword 1,000 years ago.

The grisly discovery was made in a pit at Ridgeway Hill in Dorset by workmen preparing for the Olympic sailing events at Portland and Weymouth.

Carbon dating shows that the men were killed at a time when invading Danes were locked in battle with resident Saxons.

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