ABSTRACT
Burial took place in the abbey church over a period of about 300 years and, not surprisingly, a number of graves were disturbed by overlying or adjacent interments; others were cut by post-Dissolution activities. The methods used for this study are the same as were applied to the skeletons from the earlier excavations. A summary of the osteometric data for samples of 20 individuals or more is shown and the remainder is stored in the archive. A number of other skeletal variants, which may have an environmental, developmental or genetic basis, were recorded. Schmorl's nodes are irregularities in the surface of the vertebral body caused by herniation of the intervertebral disc. It is generally thought that osteoporotic pitting of the bone on the roof of the orbits (crihra orbitalia) or on the cranial vault is indicative of some form of anaemia.
