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The Southwell Deviant

Southwell, Nottinghamshire

A man buried with iron spikes through his body, to stop him rising.

In 1959 archaeologists in Southwell found the skeleton of an Anglo-Saxon man who had been buried with iron spikes driven through his shoulders, heart and ankles. People at the time seem to have feared he would rise from the grave.

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When
Anglo-Saxon
Where
53.0770, -0.9550
Group
Mysterious graves

Visiting

Southwell Minster is open daily. The skeleton is not on display.

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