The King's Grave: The Discovery of Richard III's Lost Burial Place and the Clues It Holds (32 page)

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Authors: Philippa Langley

Tags: #Nonfiction, #Plantagenets, #Royalty, #England/Great Britain, #Science, #15th Century

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‘R’ marks the spot with Richard III banner and portrait. Photograph taken during Ground Penetrating Radar Survey, Social Services car park, 28 August 2011

Ground Penetrating Radar Survey results for the three car parks

Annette Carson and Dr John Ashdown-Hill at Trench One, Social Services car park at the start of the dig, 25 August 2012

Trench One, Social Services car park. Leg bones discovered immediately before first concrete structure crossing trench in foreground

Richard Buckley and Philippa Langley at Trench Three in the former Grammar School car park. With them are Pete Woods (film director at the dig) and Alex Rowson (associate producer) from Darlow Smithson Productions

Philippa Langley at exhumation with Dr Turi King and Dr Jo Appleby in Trench One, Social Services car park

Skeletal remains discovered in Trench One in the Social Services car park. Remains showing hands off to the right and possibly still tied

Philippa Langley and Michael Jones at the grave site

Removing the remains. Philippa Langley and Dr John Ashdown-Hill with Richard III banner over remains box

The ‘Time Tomb Team’. (
From left to right
) Archaeologists Jon Coward, Mathew Morris, Leon Hunt and Tom Hoyle

Site map of the Medieval Church of the Grey Friars post dig. Grave location in Trench One shown by marker at walking place. Circle denotes head positioned in the west

Skeleton of Richard III

(
From left to right
) Philippa Langley, Dr Stuart J Hamilton, Robert Woosnam-Savage, Dr Jo Appleby

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