St Bees Man was the name given to the extremely well preserved body of a medieval man discovered in the grounds of St Bees Priory, Cumbria, in 1981.

Nov 3, 2023 · Just over 40 years ago, minds were blown upon the discovery of an almost perfectly preserved body of a medieval man laid to rest in a lead-coated wooden coffin. Known as St Bees Man,...

The discovery in 1981 of the almost perfectly preserved body of a medieval knight, now known as ” St Bees Man”, was one of the most extraordinary archaeological burial finds in Britain in the late 20th century.

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St Bees Man was dicovered in 1981, in the third year of a series of archaeological investigations at St Bees by Leicester university, when attention had been turned to the ruined chancel aisle on the south east corner of St Bees Priory.

St Bees Man was discovered in 1981 during an archaeological excavation of the south chancel aisle of St Bees Priory in Cumbria, England. His body was extremely well-preserved with pink tissue, blood present, and intact organs all observed during a forensic autopsy.

St Bees Man is the exceptionally well preserved corpse of Anthony De Lucy (aka the Third Baron Lucy), discovered in the grounds of St Bees Priory, near to its west wing, by Leicester University in 1981.

Beneath what was once a car park, they unearthed a wooden coffin wrapped in lead, which contained the remarkably well-preserved body of a man who had died over 600 years earlier, around 1368. This individual was subsequently named “St Bees Man.” Who Was St Bees Man?

St Bees Man – the ongoing research story this century. After the discovery of what became known as St Bees Man, John Todd and his wife Mary spent much time trying to answer the question asked by the mortuary attendant back in 1981 – “Name of deceased?”

Jun 4, 2024 · St. Bees Man In modern times Anthony II de Lucy, 3rd Lord Lucy, is best known as the "St. Bees Man". In 1981, an archaeological dig by the University of Leicester on the site of St Bees Priory, Cumbria, in the NorthWest of England, near the Scottish border, was investigating the ruined chancel aisle of the priory.