M0005017: Grave showing a skeleton during an excavation in Caerwent, Wales

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Skeleton in situ, found at Jebel Moya

Photograph of a skeleton with a yard and metre rule to indicate length, uncovered in Caerwent, Wales. The photographed was originally thought to be of a skeleton excavated at Jebel Moya.

6 November 1936

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 664288i

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.