Age: 8
Sex: female
Date: 30 Nov 0199
Place: Vindolanda Roman Fort, Northumberland
She was no more than ten years old. Lying in a shallow grave, her tiny hands bound and with injuries to her head, it seemed she had met a most violent end.
But although all the clues point to the cruellest of murders, there is little chance of this ‘cold case’ ever being solved.
The mystery is puzzling not police, but archaeologists, as the gruesome events took place more than 1,800 years ago.
