Objects pulled from peat bog reveal secrets of 300-year-old cold case - Newly unveiled artefacts paint a picture of a life ...

to the peat cutters, no doubt frightening discoveries. More than a thousand bog bodies and skeletons have come to light, and scientists now have the means to study the remains in such detail that ...

One child was unfortunately smothered in the peat, whose body has been recovered, but no other casualties are known to have occurred. An old man is however reported to be missing this morning ...

Deuchainnean air meatailtean (Metal tests) Some metal objects have been found with the body in the Cors Las peat bog. Finding out when they were made could reveal how old the body is. Metal ...

This allows the whole organism to be seen clearly. Britain's most famous peat bog body is known as the Lindow man. The acidic, oxygen-free conditions in the peat bog meant that the man's skin ...

Her long fair hair was preserved in the peat, but on half of her head it had been cut off. Other bog bodies also had their hair cut when they were killed. They were long called the "Weerdinge ...