A coin of Edward the Confessor , Alfred 's brother , dating to 1043 -- seven years after the mass slaying -- was found at the site .
Some bore skulls placed between their legs and one skeleton in particular had a neck vertebra sliced by a sword .
A coin of Edward the Confessor , Alfred 's brother , dating to 1043 -- seven years after the mass slaying -- was found at the site .
Some bore skulls placed between their legs and one skeleton in particular had a neck vertebra sliced by a sword .