The Independent - London, March 12th, 2000
BONES POINTING to the existence of a community of "Saxon giants" in north Yorkshire go on display next month despite a protest from the archaeologist who found them.
The part-skeletons are an extraordinary find. Dug up from a sixth- century Saxon cemetery discovered beneath the ruins of Thirsk Castle, they indicate a seven-foot-tall man and a woman more than six feet in height. A number of children were also buried there.
"These bones could explain why there are quite a number of hefty Yorkshiremen about," said Cooper Harding, curator at Thirsk Museum, where the remains will be displayed.
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