What happened to the Scottish soldiers found in a mass grave in Durham?

[Larry Davis]

What happened to the Scottish soldiers found in a mass grave beneath Durham Cathedral?


When the remains of a group of skeletons were unearthed in two mass burial sites in Durham city centre in 2013, it offered a stark reminder of one of the most brutal and bloody battles of the 17th Century Civil Wars.


https://museumcrush.org/what-happene...ave-in-durham/



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[August]

Very interesting - thanks sharing the link.
I’ve always been interested in all sorts of warfare.

[Lutfen]

They were reburied in Durham, near where they were found. Here’s a good link:

https://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/re.../pg-skeletons/

Regards,
Michael

[Larry Davis]

They were reburied in Durham, near where they were found. Here’s a good link:

https://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/re.../pg-skeletons/

Regards,
Michael

"Reburial in Scotland
Returning the remains to Scotland for reburial was another option considered by the University. During consultation, the University Project Team was presented with case studies from other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and the USA, where remains have been returned for reburial. A number of locations for reburial in Scotland were also suggested.

In considering this option the University was mindful of legal precedent, such as that set by the case of England’s King Richard III discussed above, as well as archaeological best practice. English law differs from that of the other countries where case studies were highlighted and therefore direct parallels could not be drawn.

The moral case put forward for reburial in Scotland was to ‘bring the soldiers home’. However, our analysis has shown that not all the remains exhumed were Scottish and therefore the concept of ‘home’ is not simple.

Ethically, there were also concerns raised through the consultation about the separation of these remains from those which are still buried in Durham.

With these considerations in mind the team decided that reburial in Scotland would not satisfy the legal, moral and ethical responsibilities they had."


I can understand where they are coming from:

"Ethically, there were also concerns raised through the consultation about the separation of these remains from those which are still buried in Durham."

https://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/re...tons/reburial/


But I would have liked to have seen the remains with undisputed provenance repatriated to Scotland nonetheless. in my thinking it would have given the poor souls some peace to have been buried at home as opposed to being chucked back in a hole in the place where they were tortured and executed. The nation would not hesitate to bring back it's soldiers remains from say, Japanese pow camps. Without wishing to stray into politics, I think they did a disservice to the Scottish soldiers and their descendants.


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