POLICE are investigating after a human skull was discovered by cavers in a north Lancashire pothole.
Members of Clapham-based Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO) were asked by Lancashire Police to retrieve the skull - which the rescuers described as "ancient" - from Dunald Mill Hole, Nether Kellet, yesterday.
The CRO team received the call at 11.21am on Friday.
A spokesman said: "An ancient human skull was discovered by cavers in Dunald Mill Hole and reported to the police.
"CRO was asked to retrieve it as part of the subsequent police investigation and a small team completed the task later in the day."
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