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The oldest known bog body is the skeleton of Koelbjerg Manfrom Denmark, which has been dated to 8000 BCE, during the Mesolithicperiod.[1] The oldest fleshed bog body is that of Cashel Man, which dates to 2000 BC during the Bronze Age.[4] The overwhelming majority of bog bodies – including examples such as Tollund Man, Grauballe Manand Lindow ...
This is a list of bog bodies in order of country in which they were first discovered. Bog bodies, or bog people, are the naturally preserved corpses of humans and some animals recovered from peat bogs. The bodies have been most commonly found in the Northern European countries of Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Siobhan Dowd. Siobhan Dowd (4 February 1960 – 21 August 2007) was a British writer and activist. The last book she completed, Bog Child, posthumously won the 2009 Carnegie Medal from the professional librarians, recognising the year's best book for children or young adults published in the UK. [3][4][5]
Old Croghan Man. 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.
The Luttra Woman is a skeletonised bog body [a] from the Early Neolithic period (radiocarbon-dated 3928–3651 BC) that was discovered near Luttra, Sweden, on 20 May 1943. The skull was well-preserved, but some bones of the skeleton, particularly many between the skull and the pelvis, were absent. Osteological assessment identified the remains ...
The Elling Woman is a bog body discovered in 1938 west of Silkeborg, Denmark. The Tollund Man was later discovered just c. 60 m (200 ft) away, twelve years after the Elling Woman's discovery. [1] The Elling Woman was mistakenly described as a man in P. V. Glob 's book The Bog People, when it was published in 1965. [2]
Huldremose woman on display at the National Museum of Denmark. Huldremose Woman, or Huldre Fen Woman, is a female bog body recovered in 1879 from a peat bog near Ramten, Jutland, Denmark. Analysis by Carbon 14 dating indicates that she lived during the Iron Age, sometime between 160 BCE and 340 CE. The mummified remains are exhibited at the ...
Coordinates: 55°24′13″N10°07′59″E55.40361°N 10.13306°E[ 1 ] The Koelbjerg Man, formerly known as "Koelbjerg Woman", is the oldest known bog body and also the oldest set of human bones found in Denmark, [ 1 ][ 2 ] dated to the time of the Maglemosian culture about 8000 BC. [ 3 ][ 4 ] His remains are on display at the Møntergården ...