Scampton Community & RAF War Graves Heritage Centre
The reordering of Scampton Church is on schedule to create the Scampton Community & RAF War Graves Heritage Centre.
Work started on the 1st August to excavate a sewage and water services trench and create the all access lit path.
An archaeological monitoring exercise (watching brief) was conducted by Network Archaeology.
The watching brief recorded a total of three articulated skeletons and large quantities of disarticulated human bone. All the recovered remains were respectfully reburied within the churchyard.
A possible early graveyard boundary was recorded on the same alignment as the eastern wall of the church, constructed from reused fragmented limestone. Several 18th century gravestones were uncovered.
