Lincoln Castle prepares to unearth Saxon coffin
A team of archaeologists at Lincoln Castle will begin to dig up a stone coffin this week, believed to be the body of someone significant.
As previously reported, a number of skeletons and interesting relics were found during an excavation of the castle ground this year, but one of the most exciting was the coffin.
The stone coffin, also known as a sarcophagus, was found within the walls of an old church in the castle grounds.
The sarcophagus is believed to be from around 900AD, and thought to be “someone very important”, like a bishop or Saxon king.
Mary Powell, Tourism Development Manager at Lincolnshire County Council, said: “Over the next few weeks we’ll be trying to get the sarcophagus out.
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