Second human skull found in Top End

More human skeletal remains have been discovered in the Northern Territory, with a skull found near the town of Katherine.

NT police say a member of the public came across the human skull late on Tuesday about 320km south of Darwin.

A crime scene has been declared at the site, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.

It comes a week after a bushwalker and his dog found a human skull and other skeletal remains while hiking through bush on Darwin’s outskirts.

Police also set up a crime scene at the site near Lee Point Beach, about 20km north of Darwin.

A forensic pathologist working with police reported no signs of trauma on the bones, with the cold case and missing persons units continuing to investigate the find.