Geophysical Survey Reveals Eighteenth-Century Burial Pit

CORNWALL, ENGLAND—Geophysical surveys “seem to be showing a very large mass burial pit” on the Cornish coast, archaeologist Jim Parry from the National Trust told BBC News. The pit may hold the remains of 207 sailors who died when HMS Royal Anne sank at Lizard Point in 1721. The ship had been sailing to Barbados when it was caught in a storm and crashed on the rocks. Planned excavations at the site, located in a valley at Pistil Meadow where the shore can be accessed, could reveal “the preservation of skeletal material,” Parry said. To read about maritime archaeology, go to “History’s 10 Greatest Wrecks.”