Dorset Ridgeway's killing field: were victims Vikings or local heroes?

Decapitated skulls and body parts being unearthed at the top of Ridgeway Hill
Decapitated skulls and body parts being unearthed at the top of Ridgeway Hill <!-- Remove following <div> to not show photographer information --> <!-- Remove following <div> to not show image description -->

<!-- Print Author name from By Line associated with the article --> by Simon de Bruxelles

It was a scene familiar from the killing fields of Iraq or the Balkans, but unheard of in rural Dorset. As the earth-moving machine peeled back a thin layer of topsoil, it exposed a tangled mass of human bones.


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Published on July 20, 2009 11:39
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