Remains are found during work to install a new water pipe on Holy Island in Northumberland.
Seven skeletons discovered in graves beneath a car park could be medieval, experts believe.
The remains were found during work to install a new water pipe on Holy Island, off the Northumberland coast. Assistant county archaeologist Nick Best revealed the find to members of Ashington and Blyth local area council. Mr Best said there had been "just enough risk" of something under the car park that the council decided to check during the work."The assumption is there is probably more."Historic finds are not uncommon on Lindisfarne, which was home to a monastery founded in 635 by Irish monk St Aidan.
The famous Lindisfarne Gospels were produced on the island and, in 793, the monastery was raided by Vikings.
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