During excavation of a Roman settlement-edge site in the Fens in Cambridgeshire, we discovered approximately 13 sheep skeletons in a ditch.
The skeletons are currently cleaned and prepared for detailed photogrammetry recording and eventual lifting, following advice by PCA’s animal bone specialist Kevin Rielly and the Historic England Regional Science Advisor. Preliminary assessment on site estimates that most of the sheep were juveniles. The bones are articulated but not all body parts are present. There are few butchery marks so how the sheep came to be in the ditch is still open to interpretation!
