Roman Skulls Discovered by Crossrail Tunnellers

Around 20 Roman skulls have been discovered by Crossrail tunnellers building a utility tunnel at Crossrail’s Liverpool Street Station site.

Working under the direction of Crossrail’s archaeologists, the construction workers carefully removed the human skulls, found up to six metres below ground in the sediment of the historic river channel of the River Walbrook.

The skulls have been found below the Bedlam burial ground established in the 16th century, where 3,000 skeletons will be carefully removed during major archaeological excavations next year.

The tunnellers have also discovered wooden medieval structures believed to have been part of the walls of the Bedlam burial ground.

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