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Richard III's Car Park Grave

Leicester

A king lost for 500 years, found under a council car park.

After Richard III was killed at Bosworth in 1485, his body was buried at Greyfriars church in Leicester, which was later demolished. In 2012 archaeologists dug in a council car park on the site and found a skeleton with a curved spine and battle wounds.

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When
Found 2012
Where
52.6340, -1.1360
Group
Mysterious graves

Visiting

The King Richard III Visitor Centre shows the original grave. His tomb is in the cathedral opposite.

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