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The body of a middle-aged man was found at a depth of 0.8m below the surface in a bog in Tawnamore townland. The body, which was extended on its back, with the head to the SSE, lay on on birch twigs. A full set of well preserved woollen clothing was recovered, including a hat, overcoat, jacket, breeches, pair of knitted woollen socks, pair of garters and a pair of shoes: these are on display in the National Museum of Ireland. The style of the clothing suggested a date of the mid-17th-century. The location of the site of the discovery was verified in 2013 (pers. comm. M.A. Timoney). (Lucas 1972, 181-223; 215-222; Timoney and Heraughty 2002, 290-1)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 15 May 2013
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