POLICE investigations continue as officers finish their work at the isolated cottage where human remains were discovered.

The team of specialist forensic officers spent four days working in the remote North York Moors location before packing up on Saturday.

North Yorkshire Police say it will be several weeks before any further information is available while examinations of the recovered bones, beleived to decades old, are carried out.

The Northern Echo:

The search was being carried out at the former home of a man convicted of harassing his neighbour by repeatedly exposing himself.

Several police vehicles were spotted parked at the site, near Chop Gate, while a digger was used to excavate part of the site.

On Friday, a spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said specialist forensic investigators are working at the scene to safely recover and record the human remains.

He said: “Police are working with other agencies, including a forensic archaeologist, following the discovery of suspected human bones at a remote location near Chop Gate.

“Although it is too early to say precisely how old these bones are, current forensic investigations suggest that they are not recent, and are likely to be several decades old.

“Specialists are being used to recover and examine them.

“We’d ask people not to speculate online about the nature of the bones while this process is underway.”