The Vale of Glamorgan coast has a rich history
Imagine walking on the beach with your family. Now imagine this walk taking a surprising turn. That’s exactly what happened to Christopher Rees, a 39-year-old man from Bridgend, while walking with his seven-year-old son Dylan in Dunraven Bay in the Vale of Glamorgan last October. While enjoying the view, they stumble upon something much more unexpected – a piece of bone sticking out of the sand. the bbc reported
“Dylan loves learning about history and going to museums, so he was excited to see what it was all about,” Christopher told the media outlet.
The 7-year-old first thought the bones were ‘dinosaurs’, and the family decided to take some of it back to the car to take home. Once Dylan came home and showed his mother his findings, she quickly became suspicious.
“He said, ‘It looks like human bone,’ and at first, I didn’t think much of it because I thought it might be an animal bone, but then I started to question myself,” Christopher told the BBC. Done,” Christopher told the BBC.
“My sister has friends who are doctors and vets. So the group chat was in full swing and a few days later I was talking to her at Sunday dinner and she said, ‘Yeah, that looks like a human bone. is’.
Christopher quickly called the police and explained everything to them.
“I was nervous. I thought, ‘What have I gotten myself into?’
“I explained everything to the police and where I found it.”
South Wales Police searched the area for a few days and a few days later, authorities confirmed that what Christopher and Dylan had found was an ancient relic.
“I told Dylan and he thought it was really cool,” Christopher said.
Earlier, centuries-old human remains were found on the same beach after an ancient wall collapsed.
After analysis of the bones, it was found that they could be from victims of shipwrecks in the 16th, 17th and possibly 18th centuries.
Historian Graham Loveluck-Edwards revealed two possibilities, “We know that in prehistoric times, people in the area often interred their dead in caves. We have an example of this at Pwiland Over on Gower,” he said.
“We also have archaeological evidence of a battle that took place near here in the first century.”
Mr Edwards said the shipwreck theory was possible.
In 2019, the skeletal remains of at least six people believed to be victims of the shipwreck were found.
Additionally, archaeologists discovered two human leg bones on a Cwm Nash cliff in 2014.
