Thursday 8 August 2013

'Bedlam' graveyard unearthed beneath the City of London as Crossrail dig reveals bones of patients from notorious asylum | Mail Online

'Bedlam' graveyard unearthed beneath the City of London as Crossrail dig reveals bones of patients from notorious asylum | Mail Online: "500-year-old graveyard near Liverpool Street found during Crossrail works Cemetery contains 20,000 skeletons including patients of Bedlam asylum
Other finds include rare Roman coins and an entire stretch of Roman road
A 13-mile high speed tunnel is currently being built under Central London "
Graveyard: An archaeologist digs up skeletons from a burial ground near Liverpool Street station

Roman: This brass sestertius coin from the site dates back to 30 AD and bears the image of Emperor Hadrian

Location: The cemetery is located next to Liverpool Street, near the original site of the hospital