Police have launched an investigation after human remains were discovered at a Bolton nature reserve.
Officers were called around 3pm yesterday (Monday, January 24) to a report that bones had been discovered at the former Red Moss reserve in Horwich.
The reserve is a large area of marshland next to the Middlebrook Retail Park and behind the Horwich Loco Works estate, which is soon set to become a huge housing development.
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Police have established that the bones are human but have taped off an area of the reserve while they continue to investigate.
A spokesperson for GMP said: "Police were called just before 3pm yesterday to an area close to Aspinall Way, Futura Park, Horwich, to a report of bones having being discovered.
"The bones have since been confirmed as human and enquiries are currently ongoing.
"A scene remains in place."
In the 1940s, a worker discovered the skull of a woman at Red Moss which was later dated back 2,000 years.
The skull is thought to have belonged to a 15-year-old girl but much of the history surrounding the find remains a mystery.
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