Six sets of human remains clustered close together have been unearthed. One having been buried with a knife at the hip, one with a twisted copper alloy bracelet, and another having had their skull placed between their legs after death.
Experts are still analysing the find but it's believed they could be Roman or Anglo-Saxon. If there was already evidence of Romans in the area where Forest Green Rovers is to have its new stadium, but Romans rarely buried knives with bodies, according to Gloucestershire Live.
Roman coins, pottery and jewellery uncovered by the time team from Cotswold Archaeology do date the discovery next to Junction 13 of the M5 though. That, says Cotswold Archaeology osteoarchaeologist Sharon Clough, makes for an "exciting" site.
