15/05/2026
The mystery leg...In 2019 a test pit by the Caistor Roman Project, in the grounds of Old Hall close to the Roman town at Caistor St Edmunds uncovered 4th century human remains in the top fills of the main enclosure ditch. This was was originally dug to surround the town in the 2nd century, well before the walls were built. The burial had been highly disturbed by later land use, with only a few bones surviving. This is only one of a handful of burials recovered from the town in recent decades and the third human to have been found within the ditch…or so we thought. One of the femurs was in fact an imposter from another disturbed burial, more robust than the other bones and indicates another disturbed burial close-by!
