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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...