A Black Death mass grave at Thornton Abbey: the discovery and examination of a fourteenth-century rural catastrophe (2020)
Willmott, Hugh (Author)
Townend, Peter (Author)
Swales, Diana Mahoney (Author)
Poinar, Hendrik (Author)
Eaton, Katherine (Author)
Klunk, Jennifer (Author)
Antiquity
Volume: 94
Issue: 373
Pages: 179-196
, The discovery of mass burial sites is rare in Europe, particularly in rural areas. Recent excavations at Thornton Abbey in Lincolnshire have revealed a previously unknown catastrophic mass grave containing the remains of at least 48 men, women and children, with radiocarbon dating placing the event in the fourteenth century AD. The positive identification of Yersinia pestis in sampled skeletal remains suggests that the burial population died from the Black Death. This site represents the first Black Death mass grave found in Britain in a non-urban context, and provides unique evidence for the devastating impact of this epidemic on a small rural community.
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