DETECTIVES have launched an investigation after human bones were discovered in a nature reserve.

Officers are now scouring the former Red Moss reserve in Bolton, Greater Manchestser, after the grisly find.

Police have confirmed that the bones found were human, and have taped off an area of the reserve as they continue to search.

Officers were called around 3pm on Monday to a report that bones had been discovered in Horwich.

The reserve is a large area of marshland next to the Middlebrook Retail Park and behind the Horwich Loco Works estate, which is soon set to become a huge housing development.

A spokesman for GMP said: "Police were called just before 3pm to an area close to Aspinall Way, Futura Park, Horwich, to a report of bones having being discovered.

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"The bones have since been confirmed as human and enquiries are currently ongoing.

"A scene remains in place."

In the 1940s, a worker discovered the skull of a woman at Red Moss which was later dated back 2,000 years.

The skull is thought to have belonged to a 15-year-old girl but much of the history surrounding the find remains a mystery.

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