Mass grave shows how Black Death devastated the countryside

Grave in Lincolnshire dates to medieval pandemic of 1348 and reveals rural plague catastropheA mass grave containing the remains of dozens of victims of theBlack Death offers chilling new evidence of the speed and scale of the devastation the plague brought to rural England, according to archaeologists.The grave, discovered in a remote corner of rural Lincolnshire, has been dated to the 14th century, almost certainly to theearliest and deadliest medieval outbreak of the disease in 1348-9.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Bubonic plague Archaeology Rural affairs History of science Heritage Society UK news Source Type: news