Actress uncovers 500-year-old church vault by accident
Kathy Mills exposed the entrance to the secret chamber that had been hidden for centuries as she rehearsed a scene for an upcoming production of the musical Quasimodo at St Mary's Church, in Redgrave, Suffolk.
She dislodged a marble flagstone near the altar of the 14th century building and her foot vanished into a dark void below.
Mrs Mills, who is in her 60s, suffered a swollen ankle.
But she was amazed to be told she had uncovered a mystery tomb containing coffins thought to contain the remains of the village's aristocracy stretching back centuries....
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She dislodged a marble flagstone near the altar of the 14th century building and her foot vanished into a dark void below.
Mrs Mills, who is in her 60s, suffered a swollen ankle.
But she was amazed to be told she had uncovered a mystery tomb containing coffins thought to contain the remains of the village's aristocracy stretching back centuries....