‘Execution pit’ from the Viking Age discovered in UK

A Viking-era mass grave stuffed with dismembered bodies has been uncovered in the UK – and may have been an “execution pit”, The Sun writes.

The grim burial site is packed with skulls, legs, entire skeletons, and the remains of an “extremely tall” man who had a hole bored through his head.

The grave contains the remains of as many as 10 individuals, which archaeologists have described as “extremely rare.”

Experts think that the pit may have been the aftermath of a battle or an execution more than 1,100 years ago.

The pit was unearthed during spring and summer last year at what was once a “frontier zone” between the Saxon-run kingdom of Mercia and the kingdom of East Anglia.

The area was conquered by the Vikings in around 870 AD.