Skeleton found on north Cornish coast may be 18th century shipwrecked sailor

The remains of a human skeleton discovered on a footpath on the north Cornish coast may have belonged to a shipwrecked sailor from the 18th or 19th centuries.The discovery at Trevone and overlooking Newtrain Bay, near Padstow, was made by a member of the public following erosion.Police and forensic experts attended the scene and established the remains were historic and the find was passed to Cornwall Council.

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