ANCIENT COFFIN
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MAY BE THAT OF BOADICEA ■« Interesting English Find.
(Eeceived This Day, 10 a.m.) LONDON, March 13. There is considerable speculation in connection with the discovery of a seven-foot long'stone coffin at Beddington, Surrey. . Buried to a depth of four feet, it is reputed to be more than 200.0 years old. When opened it was found tp contain the bones of a complete female skeleton, the jawbone and the teeth being in a wonderful state of preservation. There were fragments of tinted sheHglass similar to Samian ware. It is suggested in one quarter that there is a possibility that the remains are those of Queen Boadieea.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 36, 14 March 1930, Page 7
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113ANCIENT COFFIN Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 36, 14 March 1930, Page 7
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