County - Londonderry
Location
- Knocknakeeragh townland, Ballinderry Parish
Date of discovery – 1820
Description
Skeleton got in a bog. John Sterling of Knocknakerragh got a
skeleton of a human body 3 feet under the surface of a bog in
the above townland in 1820.
(taken from Lindow Man –The Body in the Bog by I.M
Stead, J.B Bourke, Don Brothwell ISBN 0-7141-1386-7)
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Location -
Drumcroon townland, Aghadowey Parish
Date of discovery – pre1835
Description
A human skeleton in the possession of John Wilson Esq of Drumcroon
with a pole at its side and the hair still adhering to the scalp.
(taken from Lindow Man –The Body in the Bog by I.M
Stead, J.B Bourke, Don Brothwell ISBN 0-7141-1386-7)
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Location - Boghill
townland, Coleraine Parish
Date of discovery – pre1835
Description
A few years ago, a meather of butter with a few coffin boards
was found in this bog. The coffin boards are supposed to be
those of a man named McMurray who committed suicide and was
buried in a bed of gravel and moss in the centre of the bog
and is called McMurray’s Now.
(taken from Lindow Man –The Body in the Bog by I.M
Stead, J.B Bourke, Don Brothwell ISBN 0-7141-1386-7)
