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| 'No burials' at skull shock site | |
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| A councillor has said it was never suspected that anyone was buried at a site were a human skull has been found. | A councillor has said it was never suspected that anyone was buried at a site were a human skull has been found. |
| Builders working on a new children's play area at Britton's Parade, opposite Belfast's City Cemetery, found the skull on Thursday. | Builders working on a new children's play area at Britton's Parade, opposite Belfast's City Cemetery, found the skull on Thursday. |
| Marie Cush says the site where the discovery was made has had a variety of uses over the years. | |
| At this stage, forensics experts think the skull may have been there for up to 50 years. | At this stage, forensics experts think the skull may have been there for up to 50 years. |
| " I can just remember it being McCrory Park where it was always a GAA C pitch," said Councillor Cush. | " I can just remember it being McCrory Park where it was always a GAA C pitch," said Councillor Cush. |
| "Then I think in the early '70s the land was took over by the British Army and there was a fort there, Fort Pegasus, on the site up until the early '90s. | "Then I think in the early '70s the land was took over by the British Army and there was a fort there, Fort Pegasus, on the site up until the early '90s. |
| "From then this piece of land has always just been vacant." | "From then this piece of land has always just been vacant." |
| Police are now trying to establish the identity of the dead person. | Police are now trying to establish the identity of the dead person. |
| A series of tests was carried out to establish whether the bones were human or animal. | A series of tests was carried out to establish whether the bones were human or animal. |