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Iron Age Body Discovered In Irish Bog
Irish Weather Online ^ | Sunday, August 14, 2011 | Mark Dunphy

Posted on 08/15/2011 6:49:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Iron Age human remains have been discovered in a County Laois bog.

The remains, understood to be those of a young woman, were found by an employee of Bord Na Móna who was operating a milling machine in the Cul na Móna bog between Abbeyleix and Portlaoise on Wednesday evening.

Initial examinations of the prehistoric remains suggest the victim may have been a human sacrifice between 2,000 and 3,000 years ago. The National Museum of Ireland said the victim's legs were well preserved but that the torso and head appeared to have been lost. The remains will be removed to the National Museum in Dublin for further examination in the coming days.

There have been over 100 bog bodies found in Ireland, but many were not well preserved...

The first time an opportunity arose to examine an Irish bog body in detail occurred in 1978 when a body was discovered in Meenybradden Bog, Co. Donegal. The body of a young girl aged between 25 and 30 years old was discovered during hand turf cutting in Meenybradden Bog, near Ardara, Co. Donegal in 1978. The naked body was wrapped in a woollen cloak, of a style worn in the Middle Ages, which served as a shroud. The body had been carefully placed in a grave that had been dug in the bog about 1m below the surface.

(Excerpt) Read more at irishweatheronline.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: bogpeople; fartyshadesofgreen; godsgravesglyphs; ireland
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Iron Age Body Discovered In Irish Bog

1 posted on 08/15/2011 6:49:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: Renfield; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

 GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother & Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks Renfield.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.


2 posted on 08/15/2011 6:51:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Head and torso lost. may have been a sacrifice

how these people jump to conclusions.

The head and torso may have just as easily been lost to other bog cutters in the last 2-3 thousand years.


3 posted on 08/15/2011 6:56:18 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought ("The proposition that the government is always right is manifested either in corruption or benefits)
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4 posted on 08/15/2011 6:58:24 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: SunkenCiv

5 posted on 08/15/2011 6:58:24 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m sure Bill Clinton would tap that too.


6 posted on 08/15/2011 7:08:22 PM PDT by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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To: SunkenCiv
The body of a young girl aged between 25 and 30 years old

Ummmm something in that sentence doesn't seem to work.

7 posted on 08/15/2011 7:12:03 PM PDT by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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To: SunkenCiv
The body of a young girl aged between 25 and 30 years old

Ummmm. 2 or 3K years ago, that would have been late middle age or old age. At 30, I would expect her to have grandchildren.

/johnny

8 posted on 08/15/2011 7:13:22 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: SunkenCiv
“The body of a young girl aged between 25 and 30 years old was discovered during hand turf cutting in Meenybradden Bog, near Ardara, Co. Donegal in 1978. The naked body was wrapped in a woollen cloak, of a style worn in the Middle Ages, “

I highly dought that a 25 to 30 yer old women from 2500 to 3000 years ago was a young girl.

9 posted on 08/15/2011 7:13:45 PM PDT by riverrunner
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To: JRandomFreeper
The body of a young girl aged between 25 and 30 years old was discovered

Was she still on her parents' health-insurance plan at the time?

10 posted on 08/15/2011 7:38:43 PM PDT by PGR88 (I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
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To: PGR88

She voted for Obama in the last election.


11 posted on 08/15/2011 7:41:40 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOs!!!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hey SunkenCiv,

You’ve posted SO MANY GREAT ‘ARCHAEOLOGICAL’ articles; thank you for each of them.

Just wondering- have you ever served on a ‘dig’? Maybe as a volunteer, or as a specialist?

Or maybe you’re an archaeologist? No matter what, thanks again for all you’ve shared!


12 posted on 08/15/2011 10:30:43 PM PDT by InkStone (ED)
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To: SunkenCiv

13 posted on 08/16/2011 6:31:37 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: mgstarr

"You know....I think would..."
14 posted on 08/16/2011 3:57:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Constitution Day

I’m glad this never caught on at Islay.


15 posted on 08/16/2011 3:59:54 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: SunkenCiv

Body bog?


16 posted on 08/17/2011 12:51:57 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: SunkenCiv

Body bog?


17 posted on 08/17/2011 12:55:27 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: SunkenCiv

Body bog?


18 posted on 08/17/2011 12:55:32 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

Boggy bod.


19 posted on 08/17/2011 3:44:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

20 posted on 08/17/2011 7:35:29 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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