Human remains have been found under the patio of a sheltered housing site.
Hertfordshire Police was called to St Mary’s House, Hemel Hempstead, on Thursday after the remains were discovered by builders digging up the patio.
The force said officers were making inquiries as to why the remains, which they said were “very old”, were at the site.
The Abbeyfield Society, which runs the sheltered housing site, wrote in a letter to residents that the remains were “estimated to have been there many, many years”.
