According to the Indy archaeologists have uncovered what may be the site of Britain's earliest hospital.
Radio carbon analysis at the former Leper Hospital at St Mary Magdalen in Winchester has provided a date range of AD 960-1030 for a series of burials, many showing evidence of leprosy, on the site.
A number of other artefacts, pits, and postholes also relate to the same time, including what appears to be a large sunken structure underneath a medieval infirmary. Previously, most historians and archaeologists thought hospitals in Britain dated from after the Norman conquest of 1066.
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Radio carbon analysis at the former Leper Hospital at St Mary Magdalen in Winchester has provided a date range of AD 960-1030 for a series of burials, many showing evidence of leprosy, on the site.
A number of other artefacts, pits, and postholes also relate to the same time, including what appears to be a large sunken structure underneath a medieval infirmary. Previously, most historians and archaeologists thought hospitals in Britain dated from after the Norman conquest of 1066.
Once again this is interesting stuff. I only wish I had something remotely witty to say at the end of this post...Source URL: http://extravagancedeplumes.blogspot.com/2010/10/anglo-saxon-hospital.html
Visit extra vagance de plumes for Daily Updated Hairstyles Collection
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