Skeletons were uncovered in this area in 1986 during the construction of hospital buildings at Kilton and an excavation was carried out. The cemetery has apparently been dated to C13, although the grounds for this are unclear. It has been proposed that the skeletons are those of people sent to the gallows and haphazardly buried. The full extent of the burial ground was not uncovered, as it continued under the road. A bowhead whale jawbone was found during the excavations, and assumed to have been associated with the burials. This may suggest a P Med rather than a Med date. (1)
The whale jawbone appears to have stood vertically. The burials were haphazard, one with a skull injury and several were found with their skulls detached - more than 70 bodies, mostly young males. (2)
See M6097 for gallows (unlocated).

Data Held (Document). SNT2647.

Press cuttings etc, Parish File

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

4 BW prints, Cox C 3209/18A-21A, SMR

<1> Stroud G, 2001, Extensive Urban Survey: Worksop, p 27 (Unpublished document). SNT1895.

<2> Worksop Star, 17/11/1986, Worksop Star (Published document). SNT1896.