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Archaeologists made the chilling discovery 341 years after three women were accused of witchcraft and infanticide and were burned alive at the town's market. Burning at the stake was a method of execution practised in the Medieval era - fifth to 15th centuries - although it was still carried out as late as the early 18th century. The painful execution was reserved for people accused of witchcraft and heresy, with its most famous victims including the English protestant bishop Hugh Latimer in 1555 and the French saint Joan of Arc in 1413.