A PENNINE hillside was the backdrop for an archaeological dig which witnessed the exhumation of human remains in an attempt to solve a mystery dating back to the turbulent times of 1813.With the warm sunshine on their backs, two archaeologists and a local historian yesterday oversaw the recovery of remains from the oldest surviving Methodist graveyard in the world, at Greetland, near Halifax.

via Secrets of graveyard two centuries on from executions – Yorkshire Post.

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