[MR] BBC: Medieval Scots Unearthed by "Progress"

[Garth Groff and Sally Sanford]

Noble Friends, Especially Fellow Scots,

Today the BBC has a brief feature on 360 medieval human bodies which were
unearthed as the Edinburgh tram system expands to Leith (Edinburgh's
medieval port). The remains are from a church cemetery which extends under
a road where the tram tracks will be located.

During the archaeological investigation of the cemetery, digital scans were
taken from a number of skulls. University of Dundee graduate students then
created facial reconstructions. Two examples are shown with the BBC story,
a man and a woman. Actually they look like people you would meet while
shopping at the local Sainsbury's except that the woman is shown with a
*kertch*, a head scarf customarily worn by most married Scottish women (a
very sexist mark of shame for having "known sin").

Enjoy the story at
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-56523810 .

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge  🦆