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unusual facts about bog body



Amcotts Moor Woman

Amcotts Moor Woman is the name given to bog body discovered in 1747 in a bog near Amcotts, Lincolnshire, England.

Chenopodium album

Archaeologists analysing carbonized plant remains found in storage pits and ovens at Iron Age, Viking Age, and Roman sites in Europe have found its seeds mixed with conventional grains and even inside the stomachs of Danish bog bodies.

Daingean

A bog body, given the name Old Croghan Man, was found near Daingean in 2004 and featured on the BBC Two Timewatch programme in January 2006.

Odense City Museums

Hollufgård (not open to the public since 1 January 2004) – Contains the remains of the Koelbjerg Woman (c. 10–8,000 BC), the oldest known bog body.

Yde

Yde is perhaps best known as the location near to where the bog body of the Yde Girl was found.


see also

Assault of Darkness

The Bog Body (Adam Fogerty) - A looming giant, bald man who has no knowledge of what year it is or that he is dead.