BBC Two's Digging for Britain to feature St Neots development

20th January



Episode three of Digging for Britain, titled "Headless Romans and Anglo-Saxon gold", will explain the decapitated skeletons of Roman bodies found in Wintringham. (Image: Oxford Archaeology)

By Alexander Gilham
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Episode three of Digging for Britain, titled "Headless Romans and Anglo-Saxon gold", will explain the
The discovery of a series of decapitated bodies dating back to the Roman Empire in a housing development site on the outskirts of St Neots is set to feature in an episode of BBC Two's Digging for Britain.

The fascinating Roman past of the new community being built at the Wintringham site in St Neots will feature in the next episode of the BBC programme this Sunday (January 22).

Master developer Urban&Civic has been developing a new community at Wintringham since 2018, and ahead of construction work, Oxford Archaeology (OA) were commissioned to assess and excavate the area, which helped bring its past to light.



Eleven out of the 17 Roman burials were discovered with their heads transposed by their feet. (Image: Oxford Archaeology)

The discovery by Oxford Archaeology of decapitated bodies with their heads positioned by their feet dates back to the third century AD and captured the attention of well-known academic Prof. Alice Roberts, who brought her filming crew to the site.

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