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Mammoth find was made with a digger
Thursday 11th February 2010, 7:16AM GMT.
The cast of the mammoth's skeleton on display at The Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, with visitor Assistant Brenda Jackson.
“They were trying to get to the bottom of the clay to see if there was any gravel underneath.”
Further excavations after the initial discovery uncovered further bones from one adult and three juvenile mammoths.
By Toby Neal
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