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The body was found in a peat bog - a wetland environment which can aid preservation of organic matter - in the village of Bellaghy after police archaeologists were alerted in October to the ...
When the 2,000 year old remains were initially discovered close to Bellaghy it was thought they could ... had been intentionally decapitated at the bog". ... was found with the body and may go on ...
This bog body is currently on display at the National Museum of Ireland. Hazel or birch branches were found with the body. [86] A textile and leather cloak were found on the body. [84] Bellaghy Boy County Londonderry ~300 BCE [87] Male 2023
The remains included arm and leg bones, fingernails, skin and a possible kidney, according to the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Tollund Man, Denmark, 4th century BC Gallagh Man, Ireland, c. 470–120 BC. A bog body is a human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog.Such bodies, sometimes known as bog people, are both geographically and chronologically widespread, having been dated to between 8000 BC and the Second World War. [1]
Old Croghan Man (Seanfhear Chruacháin in Irish) is a well-preserved Irish Iron Age bog body found in June 2003. The remains are named after Croghan Hill, north of Daingean, County Offaly, near where the body was found. The find is on display in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.
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A hill that could possibly have been used for kingship ceremonies was near the bog where Clonycavan Man was found, leading to further speculation about the body. [ 2 ] Radiocarbon dating has placed his death to between 392 BC and 201 BC, [ 3 ] during the Iron Age of western Europe , making his remains around 2,300 years old.