July
27
/ 2018
Operation Nightingale was an initiative that involved injured armed forces personnel, especially veterans who had returned from recent conflict zones such as Afghanistan, in archaeological fieldwork. They’ve just completed successful excavations at a Saxon cemetery on Salisbury plain. What they found on their last day of work struck a chord with many of the participants. The Guardian reports that just before calling the project at Barrow Clump quits, a metal detector was used to give one last sweep of the site. Imagine their surprise when it gave out an unusually strong signal and a skeleton with well-preserved weapons was unearthed. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"50862","attributes":{"alt":"A skeleton with well-preserved weapons was unearthed at the Saxon cemetery on the last day of excavations. (Operation Nightingale)","class":"media-image","height":"640","style":"width: 338px
