An outdoor area at Cobblestones Museum in Greytown. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
An outdoor area at Cobblestones Museum in Greytown. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
A human skeleton has been discovered at Cobblestones Museum in Greytown.
Museum volunteers uncovered a largely intact skeleton in storage at the old hospital late last week, with a doctor this week confirming the bones are human.
Cobblestones Trust chairman Graeme Gray said the unusual find had been made byvolunteers who had been cataloguing items at the museum since the opening of the new building.
The bones had been tied together with string but the skull was missing.
The origins of the skeleton and how long it had been at the museum were still unclear, Mr Gray said.
Staff at the hospital would try to identify the skeleton and, if possible, return it to the appropriate people. If it could not be identified, it was likely the skeleton would be buried.