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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Mitchell

Archaeologists bid to unravel 130-year-old circus elephant burial mystery

Archaeologists are to launch an investigation to find the site where a circus elephant is said to have been buried in a south Gloucestershire town more than 130 years ago.

Local legend suggests the elephant, possibly named Nancy, was buried in Kingswood in 1891. The animal belonged to Bostock and Wombwell’s menagerie as a highlight in its travelling “beast show”.

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