Bones dug up in Green Point may be human
By Murray Williams Staff Writer
Archaeologists have removed bones which may be human remains from a construction site in Green Point.
The bones were discovered on Wednesday by a company working on a new pipeline linked to the irrigation system which will join streams on Table Mountain with the new park in Green Point, close to Cape Town Stadium.
A civil engineer with Arcus Gibb engineering consultants, Adrian Mackay, said construction teams had been digging an inspection trench to locate services in the vicinity of Liddle and Cobern streets, which bisect Somerset and Prestwich roads in Green Point.
After digging barely half a metre deep, they came across bones which were assumed to be human. MacKay said they immediately contacted Heritage Western Cape, which sent researchers to remove the bones
"We're going to appoint an archaeologist to do excavation monitoring for us, so if we discover any more bones, she will advise the construction team about working around any bones, and advise Heritage Western Cape," MacKay said.
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