TUESDAY: Police were called to a home in Church Street, Pinchbeck, when a small number of bones were dug up in a garden yesterday.
The bones have been examined at Spalding Police Station by a vet and South Lincolnshire Coroner Professor Robert Forrest and declared not to be human remains.
Coroner’s officer Kev Chamberlain said it is believed the bones came from a small animal such as a deer.
Insp Jim Tyner said the incident was reported to police at about 3.15pm.