Archaeologist Brian Durham with the skeleton he found beneath the grounds of Christ Church college, Oxford, in May 1985.
A SKELETON was discovered just 18 inches below ground in Oxford in 1985.
The 12th century remains, which it was thought could be a nun, were found by archaeologists investigating the stone foundations in the cloister next to Christ Church Cathedral.
When the Oxford Mail went to press on May 2, experts were still not sure whether the bones were male or female.
But, we reported, they could have been part of a graveyard which pre-dated the cathedral.
The excavators, including Brian Durham, pictured, had not yet dug far enough to decide whether the bones were male or female, but it was thought they were too small to be male.
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