Students unearth remains in possible execution pit on training dig

Cambridge University students helped discover a burial pit containing the remains of at least 10 people, possibly Vikings or Saxons - (Cambridge Archaeological Unit)

A group of Cambridge University students on a training dig have helped unearth the remains of at least 10 people in what appears to be a burial pit.

The discovery, made at Wandlebury Country Park near Cambridge, may date from around the ninth century AD, a period when the area was a frontier in clashes between Vikings and Saxons over territory.