Human tooth discovery excites archaeologists

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A boy who found what he thought was a shark tooth has led to the discovery of a historic human burial site. Arthur, aged seven, found the tooth when he visited Lizard Point and showed it to Ken Wallace, who volunteers for the National Trust at the site. Mr Wallace, a retired dentist, recognised the tooth to be human which, after a police inquiry, was agreed to be an archaeological find. National Trust archaeologist Jim Parry is carrying out work at the site and said he had found fragments of jaw bones, teeth and a skull of at least one individual. Pic: National Trust.