13th October 2010, 12:41 PM
chiz Wrote:And as for objecting to screening burials, I personally believe they should be screened, although visitors should be welcome where possible. Just where do you draw the line on screening? Do you screen a waterlogged burial ground where there is skin and muscle and body liquor floating about? Post med burial sites with surviving hair and skin and fatty deposits? Not all burial sites are nice dry bones.
When EH were digging a cemetery at Whitby Abbey a few years back they put up a huge scaffolding viewing gantry for the public...... :0