Home extension horror as woman discovers ten skeletons buried under her dining room

When Catherine McGuigan began digging an extension in her cottage, she thought she had budgeted for every contingency.

But she could not have prepared for what would emerge after workmen found ten skeletons buried under her dining room.

And now Miss McGuigan, 42, faces a £30,000 bill to give them another resting place.



To her relief, the remains turned out to be over 100 years old and the police did not need to get involved.

It is thought up to 40 more bodies could be buried at the cottage in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire – on the site of Quaker burial ground from the 1700s.

And as no one else will take responsibility for the bodies, their disposal has been left to Miss McGuigan.

With photos.