This is a list of notable bog bodies

Bog body

Bog bodies, which are also known as bog people, are the naturally preserved human corpses found in the sphagnum bogs in Northern Europe. Unlike most ancient human remains, bog bodies have retained their skin and internal organs due to the unusual conditions of the surrounding area...

 in alphabetical order. Bog bodies or bog people are the naturally preserved corpses

Mummy

A mummy is a body, human or animal, whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme coldness , very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs, so that the recovered body will not decay further if kept in cool and dry...

 of humans and some animals recovered from peat bogs

Bog

A bog, quagmire or mire is a wetland that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses or, in Arctic climates, lichens....

. The bodies have been most commonly found in the Northern European countries of Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Ireland. In 1965, the German scientist Alfred Dieck

Alfred Dieck

Alfred Dieck was a German archaeologist internationally recognised for the scientific studies on bog bodies and bog finds...

 catalogued more than 1,850 bog bodies, but later scholarship revealed much of the Dieck's work was erroneous. Hundreds of bog bodies have been recovered and studied.

How to use this List

• There may be more than one name in the "name" category, which may also used to show alternate spellings or names of the bog body.
• The location category shows the country in which the bog body was discovered, some bog bodies are discovered on borders between countries.
• The Carbon 14 dating is used to determine an age range based on examination of the half lives of carbon isotopes. BCE means "Before Common Era" in place of "Before Christ", and CE meaning "Common Era
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• The gender category describes whether the find was male, female or undetermined.
• The description of a bog body describes the bog body's description and examination details. Some sections may contain Little is published about this find; meaning that there is little or no sufficient information published about the bog body.

List

Name	Location	Age (Carbon-14 Dating)	Gender	Year discovered	Image	Description
Amcotts Moor Woman	England		Female	1747		The Amcotts Moor Woman was found in the County of Lincolnshire, England. When the discoverer had dug six feet into the bog, his shovel struck a shoe. The man began to uncover a human foot, and he fled the scene. The body was later completely uncovered by George Stovin, who was a doctor, and his assistants. Most of the foot had gone through skeletonization, however, the heel had been preserved. Some skin of the lower body and arms were unearthed, along with hair and fingernails. The body was described to be bent with the Today, only her left shoe has survived.
Arden Woman Bredmose Woman	Denmark		Female	1942	Original bonnet Hair	Image is that of a reconstruction. She was found in the Bredmose bog in the Parish of Stoarden, Hindstead, Denmark. Police said the corpse was found in a question mark (?) shape. After the remains were completely unearthed they were moved into a nearby barn. Her hair was dark blond and was drawn into two pigtails and coiled around the top of her head. Over the hair was a bonnet, which was made using a sprang Sprang Sprang is an ancient method of constructing fabric that has a natural elasticity. Its appearance is similar to netting, but unlike netting sprang is constructed entirely from warp threads...  technique. Unlike some bog bodies, she was found with other garments. She was around the age of 20–25 years old. No signs of violence were found on her body.
Aschbroeken Man	Netherlands		Male	1931		The Aschbroeken Man's skull was lost soon after being unearthed. The remains consist of a skeleton, with an arm which healed abnormally. This may be the reason for his death, some other bog bodies from the Netherlands appear to have been killed for physical deformities.
Auning Woman	Denmark		Female	1886		She was found with several wool and skin garments. Because she was found with several sticks on top of the body, it may have been possible that she had been pinned down in the bog to keep her remains from surfacing. Forensic facial reconstruction was done on this bog body.
Ballgudden Woman	Northern Ireland	--	Female	1831		The Ballgudden Woman had blond hair when she was alive. Near her body, an infant of undetermined gender was found. The remains of the baby were completely skeletonized. A fastened leather thong was around its neck, possibly as a necklace. Both of these bog bodies no longer remain.
Ballygroll Child	Northern Ireland	--	Undetermined	1835		The child was discovered completely inside of a coffin, which is very uncommon for bog bodies. However, the body was lost, like many bog bodies of its time.
Bentstreek Foot	Germany		Undetermined	1955		Little is published about this find.
Bernuthsfeld Man	Germany		Male	1907	Image	Bernuthsfeld Man was discovered on 24 May 1907 when peat workers unearthed his skeleton and clothing. His heavily worn tunic was patched out of 45 single pieces of cloth out of 20 different fabrics in 9 different weaving patterns.
Bleivik Man	Norway		Male	1952		The man was discovered by a farmer who had discovered a bone 70 centimeters deep inside of a drainage ditch. Examination revealed that the man was approximately 55–60 at the time of his death. The cause of the man's demise remains a mystery because of the few body parts found, which include the skull, teeth, one rib bone and two vertebra.
Bocksten Man Bocksten Man The Bocksten Man is the remains of a medieval male body found in a bog in Varberg Municipality, Sweden. It is one of the best-preserved finds in Europe from that era and is exhibited at the Varberg County Museum. The man had been killed and knocked to the bottom of a lake which later became a bog...	Sweden		Male	1936	Reconstruction	The Bocksten Man was violently beaten to death at the apporximate age of 35-60 years of age. The corpse is famous for having one of the most complete surviving set of garments of the 14th century. A theory suggests that the identity of the Bocksten Man have been the dean of the Diocese of Linköping when he was alive.
Borremose Man Borre Fen Man	Denmark		Male	1946		The man was violently killed by having his skull crushed and his leg broken. A rope was also found around his neck, indicating death by hanging or strangulation. The body is in storage at the National Museum of Copenhagen.
Borremose II	Denmark		Female	1947		The bog body was lying face down in two feet deep on a base of birch bark. In the immediate vicinity were birch branches, directly on the body of three approximately 10 centimeters long birch poles of the same thickness. The skull was fractured and the brain was visible. The hair was two to three inches long. The right leg was 10 inches below the knee broken. The body was naked, but the lower body and legs were covered with a cloak made ​​of a four layered twill fabric and a fringed shawl. These two articles of clothing are now on display at the National Museum of Denmark National Museum of Denmark The National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen is Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main domicile is located a short distance from Strøget at the center of Copenhagen. It contains exhibits from around the world,...  in Copenhagen. It is uncertain if the body had been clothed at the time it had been deposited, because the clothing from plant materials such as flax fibers can be passed in the acidic peat. In addition, there were other objects found with him: half a clay pot on the knees of the corpse, and half a humerus and a half radius of a human infant beside her. Around the neck of the bog body was a leather belt with an amber bead and a brass disk 22-23 millimeters in diameter.
Borremose III Borremose Woman	Denmark		Female	1948	Image	The Borremose Woman was discovered lying face down with the scalp separated from the body. The woman was described to be obese, and was wrapped in a wollen cloak. Borremose Woman remains on display at the National Museum of Copenhagen in Denmark. She was thought to have been scalped and her skull broken as the cause of death, but studies show these happened after death. Studies of the woman's face and neck showed no signs of bleeding, meaning that the injuries to the face had occurred after death.
Brammer Man	Germany		Male	1903		This body was destroyed during World War II, but was dated after a piece of his hair was found.
Bunsoh body	Germany		Male	1890		Image is that of a reconstruction of the woolen textile band found near the man's neck. Little remains of this body.
Burlage Bog Dog	Germany		Male	1953	Image	The dog's fur remains well preserved, yet colored reddish after being in the bog for so long. The skeleton remains intact, despite parts of the skull to be missing. The dog was a juvenile to adult when he died.
Camnish Woman	Northern Ireland	--	Female	1834		This bog body no longer remains.
Cashel Man Portlaise body	Ireland		Male	2011	Image	The bog body was found in a leather bag, which is now presumed to be the upper part of the body, in Portlaise, Ireland. The legs were found to be protruding from the bag, as well as being exceptionally preserved. The remaining part of the body inside of the bag was not as well preserved. Because the body was in a crouched position, which may suggest that it dates from the Bronze Age Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age... . The body was later moved to the National Museum of Ireland National Museum of Ireland The National Museum of Ireland is the national museum in Ireland. It has three branches in Dublin and one in County Mayo, with a strong emphasis on Irish art, culture and natural history.-Archaeology:...  for examination.
Cladh Hallan Cladh Hallan Cladh Hallan is an archaeological site on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. It is significant as the only place in Great Britain where prehistoric mummies have been found. Excavations were carried out there between 1988 and 2002....  Skeletons	Scotland		Males and Females	1988–2002	Image	Remains of several prehistoric human skeletons.
Clonycavan Man Clonycavan Man Clonycavan Man is the name given to a well-preserved Iron Age bog body found in Clonycavan, County Meath, Ireland in March 2003. He has been calculated to have been approximately 1.57 metres in height, and is remarkable for the "gel" in his hair....	Ireland		Male	2003	Reconstruction	Clonycavan Man was discovered three months before Old Croghan Man Old Croghan Man Old Croghan Man is the name given to a well-preserved Iron Age bog body found in an Irish bog in June 2003. The remains are named after Croghan Hill, north of Daingean, County Offaly, near where the body was found. The find is on display in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.Old Croghan Man...  was found in the same bog. Nothing remains below the waist of the man, either due to the turf cutting machine or when he had been brutally murdered. The body is famous for having a primitive 'gel' found in his hair, which may have been imported from western Europe.
Cloonshannagh Woman	Ireland		Female	2005		This bog body was found to be completely skeletonised. The body and its clothing had been partally dismembered by the peat cutting tools that had unearthed it.
Damendorf I	Germany	Pre Roman Iron Age	Female?	1884		Only the clothing of this bog body has survived. Little is published about this find.
Damendorf Man	Germany		Male	1900		The Damendorf Man was discovered in 1900 in the Seemoor at the village Damendorf in Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig... , Germany. He is on display at the Archäologisches Landesmuseum. Professor P.V. Glob wrote that this bog body died in 300 BCE. This bog body is unique because the weight of the peat in the bog had flattened his body and only his hair, skin, nails, and his few clothes were preserved. He was found with a leather belt, shoes, and a pair of breeches. Damendorf Man was the second bog body of Damendorf, there was a woman found in 1884 and a girl discovered in 1934.
Damendorf Girl	Germany		Female	1934		Little is published about this find.
Dätgen I	Germany	Iron Age	Undetermined	1906		Only the clothing has survived. Little is published about this find.
Dätgen Man	Germany		Male	1959		The Dätgen Man was found in 1959 near Dätgen, Germany. He had been decapitated, stabbed and beaten. His severed head was found 10 feet from his body. He is not believed to have been sacrificed, but to have been killed and then mutilated, perhaps to prevent him from be coming a "wiedergänger Wiedergänger The name "Wiedergänger" refers to different zombie or ghost phenomena from different cultural areas. The word means "one who walks again" The name "Wiedergänger" (also Widergänger) refers to different zombie or ghost phenomena from different cultural areas. The word means "one who walks again" The... ", similar to a zombie. His decapitated head displayed a Suebian knot Suebian knot The Suebian knot is a historical male hairstyle ascribed to the tribe of the Germanic Suebi. The knot is attested by Tacitus in his 1st century CE work Germania, found on art by and depictions of the Germanic peoples, and worn by bog bodies.... . The man was also stabbed in the heart.
Derrycashel Man	Ireland		Male	2005		The remains are somewhat skeletonised, but was nearly complete. The body was that of a young man.
Derryvarroge Man	Ireland		Male	2006		The only parts of the man that remained preserved were the buttocks and a fragment of the thigh.
Dröbnitz Girl	Poland		Female	1939		This body, as well as her grave goods, no longer remain. Little is published about this find.
Elling Woman	Denmark		Female	1938		The Elling Woman is a bog body discovered in 1938 west of Silkeborg Silkeborg Silkeborg is a city in central Denmark. Located in Silkeborg municipality in Jutland, the city has a population of 42,724 . The development of Silkeborg as a modern city may be traced to the foundation of the paper mill by Michael Drewsen on the Gudenaa in 1844... , Denmark. The Tollund Man Tollund Man The Tollund Man is the naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 4th century BC, during the time period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. He was found in 1950 buried in a peat bog on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark, which preserved his body. Such a find is...  was later discovered around 200 feet away, twelve years after the Elling Woman's discovery. She was discovered by a local farmer, Jens Zakariasson, who at first believed that her body was that of a drowned animal. She was found wrapped in a sheepskin cape with a leather cloak tied about her legs. She is believed to have been hanged, like the Tollund Man. Her year of death was dated to approximately 280 BCE, also around the time of the Tollund Man; however, it is not possible to say whether or not both she and he were killed at exactly the same time. It also might have been impossible to tell the mummy's gender, if her hair had not been preserved. Her hair, which was 90 centimetres long, was braided and tied into a knot. Elling Woman is believed to have been a sacrifice. She suffered from osteoporosis Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a disease of bones that leads to an increased risk of fracture. In osteoporosis the bone mineral density is reduced, bone microarchitecture is deteriorating, and the amount and variety of proteins in bone is altered...  at the comparatively young age of 25–30. This body is famous for its elaborate hairstyle. She was found twelve years before the Tollund Man Tollund Man The Tollund Man is the naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 4th century BC, during the time period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. He was found in 1950 buried in a peat bog on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark, which preserved his body. Such a find is...  in the Bjæskovdal bog. She was mistakenly described to be a man in P.V. Glob's book, "The Bog People".
Emmer-Erfscheidenveen Man	Netherlands		Male	1938		The Emmer-Erfscheidenveen Man was a bog body recovered in Drenthe Drenthe Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. The capital city is Assen. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and Germany to the east.-History:Drenthe, unlike many other parts of the Netherlands, has been a... , Netherlands in 1938. The remains, which were dated to approximately 1200 BCE, were poorly preserved. The find was notable for the extent of preserved clothing which included a wool cap, deer skin shoes, a cow hide cape, and woollen undergarments. Very little remains of this bog body, however, the clothing is exceptionally preserved.
Esterweger Dose Child	Germany		Undetermined	1939		Little is published about this find.
Exloërmond Man	Netherlands		Male	1914	Image	The Exloërmond Man was discovered on 15 May 1914 under 1.9 feet of the peat. The body was naked and had no other items were found at the location. Most of his right arm and left foot did not survive the 2000-some years in the bog. The front of the remains were not as well preserved as the back, which caused it to be hard to tell which gender the corpse was. After examination, remains of beard stubble was found on his face, which concluded the body to be male. The reason and cause of his death is unknown.
Frær Mose Woman Fraermose Woman	Denmark	–	Female	1842		The woman's foot was unearthed four feet under the surface of the bog. A well preserved wool garment and a shoe were found with her.
Gadevang Man	Denmark		Male	1940	Skull	This bog body was completely skeletonised when he was unearthed from the peat. Examination revealed that he was approximately 35–50 years of age at the time of his death. A hole in his skull shows evidence of primitive surgery.
Galagh Man	Ireland		Male	1821		The man was discovered lying on his side 9 feet below the surface of an Irish bog in 1821. A willow rod was found around his neck, which was most likely used to strangle him. A cape was found on one of his lower legs. Two wooden pegs fastened him to the ground which probably prevented him from becoming a wiedergänger Wiedergänger The name "Wiedergänger" refers to different zombie or ghost phenomena from different cultural areas. The word means "one who walks again" The name "Wiedergänger" (also Widergänger) refers to different zombie or ghost phenomena from different cultural areas. The word means "one who walks again" The... . The body is on display in the National Museum of Ireland National Museum of Ireland The National Museum of Ireland is the national museum in Ireland. It has three branches in Dublin and one in County Mayo, with a strong emphasis on Irish art, culture and natural history.-Archaeology:... .
Girl of the Bareler Moor	Germany		Female	1784		This body was cut into pieces when it was unearthed and sent to several institutes in Germany and Denmark which were all lost except a part of her right breast.
Girl of the Uchter Moor Girl of the Uchter Moor The Girl of the Uchter Moor also known as Moora is the name given to the female Iron Age bog body remains, discovered in 2000 in the marshland near Uchte, Germany. The remains include vertebrae, hair and skull pieces. The studies of the body began in 2005. The radiocarbon dating performed at the...	Germany		Female	2000		Also known as Moora. The girl's preserved hand was discovered five years after her skeleton. Her skull was reconstructed from clay and digitally to show how she may have appeared in life. She was around 17–19 when she was deposited in the bog. Examination shows that she had been malnourished, a curved spine, and had two skull fractures that had healed.
Grauballe Man Grauballe Man The Grauballe Man is a bog body that was uncovered in 1952 from a peat bog near to the village of Grauballe in Jutland, Denmark. The body itself is that of an adult male dating from the late 3rd century BC, during the early Iron Age, and he had been killed by having his throat slit open...	Denmark		Male	1952		Studies show Grauballe Man was most likely a ritual sacrifice victim. His fingers had been so perfectly preserved in the bog, that his finger prints had been taken, the same with Old Croghan Man Old Croghan Man Old Croghan Man is the name given to a well-preserved Iron Age bog body found in an Irish bog in June 2003. The remains are named after Croghan Hill, north of Daingean, County Offaly, near where the body was found. The find is on display in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.Old Croghan Man... . The man's face had been reconstructed to show what he had looked like when he was alive.
Grewelthorphe Body	Yorkshire, England	--	Undetermined	1850		This bog body was described to have been wearing brightly colored clothing when it was unearthed. The body was then taken to a church graveyard and was buried. However, fragments of the shoes had been removed from the corpse by a police man and are all that remain of the body.
Haraldskær Woman Haraldskær Woman The Haraldskær Woman is an Iron Age bog body found naturally preserved in a bog in Jutland, Denmark. Labourers discovered the body in 1835 while excavating peat on the Haraldskær Estate... Haraldskjaer Woman	Denmark		Female	1835		For some time, The Haraldskær Woman was thought to have been the Norwegian Queen Gunnhild, until carbon-14 dating proved she was much older. Studies show she was around 50 years old and in good health when she died. Her clothes were placed on top of her naked body.
Hogenseth Man	Germany	–	Male	1920		The man was around 40–60 years old when he died. Because the body was left uncovered over night, the remains had been destroyed by townsfolk. Because of this, no carbon-14 dating could have been done.
Huldremose Woman Huldre Fen Woman	Denmark		Female	1879		Huldremose Woman is the name of the bog body of an elderly Iron Age woman discovered in 1879 near Ramten, Jutland Jutland Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German... , Denmark. The body, found clothed in a wool skirt and two skin capes, dated between 160 BCE and 340 CE. At the time of death, the woman was more than 40 years old—considered elderly for people of that time period. Her right arm was severed, but the injury was determined to have probably occurred by shovels during the unearthing. A wool cord tied her hair and enveloped her neck but forensic analysis found no indication of death by strangulation. According to recent isotope analysis parts of her clothing's wool had been imported from northern Norway or Sweden.
Hunteburg Foot	Germany		Male	1938		The foot was found with a long shafted boot.
Hunteburg Men (Hunteburg I + II)	Germany		Male	1949	Image	Two men buried in the same grave, wrapped in cloaks. Their bodies were lost during conservation.
Hunteburg Man III	Germany		Male	1949		Little is published about this find.
Husbäke I	Germany		Male	1931		This specimen had deteriorated so severely that it was destroyed in the 1950s.
Husbäke Man	Germany		Male	1936		The man was found in 1936, lying face down in a bog in Ammerland Ammerland Ammerland is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the city of Oldenburg and the districts of Oldenburg, Cloppenburg, Leer, Friesland and Wesermarsch.- History :... , Germany. He had eaten fish before his death (in the Roman Ancient Rome Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....  period) according to analysis of his intestines. He was around 20 years old at the time of his death. His face was reconstructed Forensic facial reconstruction Forensic facial reconstruction is the process of recreating the face of an individual from their skeletal remains through an amalgamation of artistry, forensic science, anthropology, osteology, and anatomy...  to show what he may have looked like when he was alive.
Johann Spieker	Germany		Male	1978		Johann Spieker was a hawker who died in the Goldenstedter moor. He was later reburied. Little is published about this find.
Jührdenerfeld Man Bockhornerfeld Man	Germany		Male	1934		The body was discovered lying on its right side. Like the Windeby bodies Windeby I Windeby I is the name given to the bog body found preserved in a peat bog near Windeby, Northern Germany, in 1952. Until recently, the body was also called the Windeby Girl, because an archeologist believed it to be the body of a 14-year old female due to its slight build. Prof... , Dätgen man, and other bog bodies, some sticks were on top of him, probably to hold his body down, or to prevent him from becoming a wiedergänger. A piece of wool fabric and an animal skin cape were found on top of his body. He is currently on display at the Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch with the Husbäke man in Oldenburg Oldenburg Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig... ,Germany.
Kayhausen Boy	Germany		Male	1922		Found in Lower-Saxony the body was determined to be that of a male child, approximately eight to ten years of age at the time of his death. His arms and feet were bound together with cloth torn from clothing, and a fur cape. Examination concluded that he had been stabbed three to four centimeters deep, three times in the neck and once on his left arm. It is thought that the wound on the boy's arm had happened when the boy may have raised his arm in an act of self-defense towards his attacker. A recent examination of the body shows that the weapon used to murder the child was a dagger with a four centimeter blade. A possible reason for the boy's demise is that he had suffered from an infected socket at the top of his femur, and hence wouldn't have been able to walk without assistance. Because of the high incidence of deformities among bog bodies, such as the Yde Girl Yde Girl Yde Girl is a bog body found in the Stijfveen peat bog near the village of Yde, Netherlands. She was found on 12 May 1897 and was reputedly uncannily well-preserved when discovered , but by the time the body was turned over to the authorities a fortnight later it had been severely damaged and... , anthropologists have suggested that the disabled were sacrificed because they were considered to be unfavored by their gods. The boy's body is preserved in a formalin solution.
Kibbelgaarn body	Netherlands	–	Male	1791		The body was discovered in the Bourtanger Moor, as well as the Neu-Versen Man and the Weerdinge Men Weerdinge Men The Weerdinge men . were two naked bog bodies found in Drenthe, the Netherlands, in the southern part of Bourtanger Moor in 1904. Radiocarbon dating shows that the two likely died between ca.160 BC to ca.220 AD. At first, it was believed that one of the two bodies was female, which led to the... . The remains were ground and used for Mumia, which was a substance used for medicine in earlier times. No remains have survived.
Koelbjerg Woman Koelbjerg Woman Koelbjerg Woman is the oldest bog body known and dates from around 8000 BC.. Discovered in 1941 her skeletal remains were uncovered and are kept at the Fyns Oldtid-Hollufgärd museum in Denmark.-References:...	Denmark		Female	1941	Skull	Thought to be the oldest bog body to date, she was around 25 years of age when she died. There were no traces of violence found on her skeletal remains.
Lindow Woman Lindow Woman Lindow Woman, also known as Lindow I, is the name given to the partial remains of a female bog body, discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss, near Wilmslow, northwest England, on 13 May 1983 by commercial peat-cutters. The remains were a skull fragment, with soft tissue and hair attached.Police... (Lindow I)	England		Female	1983		Lindow Woman's partial skull fragment was originally thought to be the deceaced wife of Peter Reyn-Bardt, who confessed to her murder after the discovery. But after the skull was dated, it was proven to be much older than Mrs. Reyn-Bardt. Peter Reyn-Bardt was convicted for his wife's murder anyway.
Lindow Man Lindow man Lindow Man, also known as Lindow II and as Pete Marsh, is the preserved bog body of a man discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss near Wilmslow in Cheshire, North West England. The body was found on 1 August 1984 by commercial peat-cutters...	England		Male	1984		-
Lindow III	England	Early Iron Age	Male	1987		The body was severed into over seventy pieces by the turf cutting machine. Little is published about this find.
Lindow IV	England	--	Male	1988		A theory states that these partial remains may be the lower half of Lindow Man.
Luttra Woman "Hallonflickan"	Sweden		Female	1943		Because there were very many raspberry seeds found around the stomach area, the body was dubbed "Hallonflickan" (meaning "Raspberry Girl" in English). She was 20-25 years old when she had died. The cause of the her death remains a mystery, however, a flint arrowhead was found near where the body was discovered three years before. She was buried in open water, due to the evidence of aquatic snails. The soft tissues of the body had not survived, resulting in skeletonization.
Meenybradden Woman	Ireland		Female	1978	Image	The Meenybradden Woman is an Irish Bog body discovered in 1978. She was believed to be around 25–30 years old at her time of death. The Meenybradden woman's cloak has brought in a bit of controversy. The body was found to be around 500 years older than the cloak that her remains were wrapped in. Her body was buried about one meter deep into the bog. She was examined by Dr. John Harbison. Her cloak has been dated by textile typology to 16th–17th century, a 14C-dating Radiocarbon dating Radiocarbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring radioisotope carbon-14 to estimate the age of carbon-bearing materials up to about 58,000 to 62,000 years. Raw, i.e. uncalibrated, radiocarbon ages are usually reported in radiocarbon years "Before Present" ,...  has not yet been performed on the garment.
Mulkeeragh Man	Northern Ireland	--	Male	1753		This bog body was found wearing a military uniform and a cloak. The body was later reburied.
Nederfrederiksmose body Kraglund Man Frederiksdal Man	Netherlands	–	Presumed Male	1898		Also known as Kragelund Man and Frederiksdal Man. The first bog body to be photographed before being moved from where it was discovered.
Neu England Man	Germany		Male	1941		This man was believed to be from 40 to 50 years old when he died.
Neu Versen Man Roter Franz	Germany		Male	1900		The Neu Versen Man, also known as Roter Franz (or Red Franz in English), was discovered in 1900 in the Bourtanger Moor on the border of Germany and the Netherlands. The body dates to 220–430 CE of the Roman Iron Age. The nickname of Red Franz derived from his red hair and beard. It was discovered that he was killed by having his throat slit, along with an arrow wound and a broken shoulder.
Obenaltendorf Man	Germany		Male	1895		Little remains of the body, but the clothing was preserved fairly well.
Old Croghan Man Old Croghan Man Old Croghan Man is the name given to a well-preserved Iron Age bog body found in an Irish bog in June 2003. The remains are named after Croghan Hill, north of Daingean, County Offaly, near where the body was found. The find is on display in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.Old Croghan Man...	Ireland		Male	2003		The Old Croughan Man was found in the same year as Clonycavan Man Clonycavan Man Clonycavan Man is the name given to a well-preserved Iron Age bog body found in Clonycavan, County Meath, Ireland in March 2003. He has been calculated to have been approximately 1.57 metres in height, and is remarkable for the "gel" in his hair.... . Only the torso was discovered, lacking a head and abdomen. He was believed to have been 6'6 tall, and to have been a wealth individual, since his hands lacked evidence of any hard labor.
Osterby Man	Germany		Male	1948		The Osterby Man was discovered in a bog near Osterby Osterby Osterby is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.Osterby is south of the municipality of Hummelfeld or Fleckeby or Windeby, but north of Hütten, Damendorf, and Groß Wittensee.... , Germany, when two peat cutters were working. They unearthed the head two feet below the surface, which was wrapped in a roedeer skin cape. Scientists from the Archäologisches Landesmuseum Schleswig-Holstein estimated the man to have been around 50–60 years of age when he was killed. The man was decapitated; no other part of his body was ever found. His hair was in the Suebian knot Suebian knot The Suebian knot is a historical male hairstyle ascribed to the tribe of the Germanic Suebi. The knot is attested by Tacitus in his 1st century CE work Germania, found on art by and depictions of the Germanic peoples, and worn by bog bodies....  (also known as the Swabian knot) hairstyle. The man's hair had probably been a light blond color, but after being in the bog for a few thousand years, it turned a bright red. The knot dates back to around 2,000 years ago, where the Suebian knot was a common hair style. The Roman historian Tacitus Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors...  described this style as typical of the Suebi Suebi The Suebi or Suevi were a group of Germanic peoples who were first mentioned by Julius Caesar in connection with Ariovistus' campaign, c...  tribe. The head is mainly a skull, but there is still a small amount of skin on it. The cause of the man's death was a blow to the left temple. A 2007 re-examination showed that the jawbone of the head did not belong on the skull.
Pangerfilze Man	Germany		Male	1927		No remains of the body have survived. The body had possibly been destroyed during WWII. Little is published about this find.
Peiting Woman	Germany		Female	1957	Image	This bog body was nicknamed "Rosalinde". The corpse was found in a wooden coffin.
Porsmose Man	Denmark		Male	1946		This skeletonized bog body was that of a 35–40 year old man that was found in 1946. The skeleton is most famous for the arrow head which pierced the man's nose, but he was not killed by this wound; but rather by an arrow that pierced his aorta. The arrows are presumed to have been fired from a close distance and from above.
Prestatyn Child	Wales		Unknown	1984		Very little is known about this bog body. It was found to have been pegged down with sticks, such as Windeby I.
Rendswühren Man	Germany		Male	1871		The Rendswühren Man was discovered in 1871, at the Heidmoor Fen, near Kiel Kiel Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...  in Germany. He was examined by autopsy which was the only way of examination. Professor P.V. Glob wrote that Rendswühren Man was estimated to have been 40–50 years of age when he was battered to death, which left a triangular hole in his head. He was found naked, with a piece of leather on his left leg. A cape was found near him. After discovery, his corpse was smoked for preservation. His skull had deteriorated so it had needed reconstruction. Textile typologically the clothing found with the body has been dated into the Roman Iron Age of the 1st or 2nd century AD which has been confirmed by a carbon-14 Carbon-14 Carbon-14, 14C, or radiocarbon, is a radioactive isotope of carbon with a nucleus containing 6 protons and 8 neutrons. Its presence in organic materials is the basis of the radiocarbon dating method pioneered by Willard Libby and colleagues , to date archaeological, geological, and hydrogeological...  dating of parts of the remains.
Roum Woman	Denmark	Iron Age	Female	1942	Image	Only her head was discovered. She was around 20 years old at the time she died. Also known as Roum Fen/Mose Woman. The sheepskin that the head was wrapped in dates to the early Iron Age.
Röst Girl	Germany		Female	1926		The corpse was destroyed during the Second World War World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... , which left only the cloak to scientifically date.
Sedelsberger Dose Man	Germany		Male	1939		The Sedelsberger Dose Man was completely skeletonized. Little is published about this find.
Sigersdal Mose Skeletons	Denmark		Male?	1949	Skull	These two people were around 16 and 19 when they died. One skull had a very large trauma wound on its left side.
Søgårds Man Sogaard Man	Denmark		Male	1944	Legs	Only the feet and legs were preserved.
Sorø Skeletons	Denmark		Male	1942	Skull Deformed bones	The collective name for two skeletons with deformities and evidence of surgery.
Stidsholt Woman	Denmark	–	Female	1859	Image	The Stidsholt Woman is the severed head of a woman discovered in 1859. She was decapitated by a blow to the third and fourth vertebrae. Her hair is a dark red, which comes from the chemicals in peat bogs. Her hair had been tied into a knot, and fastened with a woven band, which was unfortunately destroyed. Her head was never scientifically dated, and the rest of her body was never found. Her hair was 20 inches long. She is also known as the Stidsholt Fen Woman and the Stidsholtmose Woman. Her head is on display in the Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...  Museum in Denmark.
Stoneyisland Man Stoneyisland Man Stoneyisland Man, Bog body discovered in Stoneyisland Bog, Gortanumera, County Galway, 13 May 1929.Turf-cutters James Dolphin, Thomas Rodgers and John Spain uncovered a human skeleton while working on Dolphin's bank, located towards the centre of Stoneyisland Bog. It was first thought to be the...	Ireland		Male	1929		Known to be Ireland's oldest bog body.
Tollund Man Tollund Man The Tollund Man is the naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 4th century BC, during the time period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. He was found in 1950 buried in a peat bog on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark, which preserved his body. Such a find is...	Denmark		Male	1950		The Tollund Man is noted to be the best preserved bog body. Only his head remains original in his display due to lack of preservation knowledge at the time of discovery.
Tumbeagh body	Ireland		Undetermined	1998		The corpse was in multiple pieces, where only the two legs had survived. In the same year as its discovery a book was written about this find.
Weerdinge Men Weerdinge Men The Weerdinge men . were two naked bog bodies found in Drenthe, the Netherlands, in the southern part of Bourtanger Moor in 1904. Radiocarbon dating shows that the two likely died between ca.160 BC to ca.220 AD. At first, it was believed that one of the two bodies was female, which led to the...   (Nieuw-Weerdinge Men)	Netherlands		Male	1904	Image	Found in the Bourtanger moor, as well as Neu Versen Man. Also known as Weerdinge Couple and "Mr. & Mrs. Veenstra", since they had originally thought to be a man and a woman.
Wijster Bodies	Netherlands		Male	1901	Hand	Four males were found in the bog, one of which being around 16 years old. They were found with clothing and other artifacts, such as coins. Only a partial skull fragment and a hand remain out of all four people.
Windeby I Windeby I Windeby I is the name given to the bog body found preserved in a peat bog near Windeby, Northern Germany, in 1952. Until recently, the body was also called the Windeby Girl, because an archeologist believed it to be the body of a 14-year old female due to its slight build. Prof...	Germany		Male	1952		One of the best preserved German bog bog bodies. Studies by Professor Heather Gill-Robinson show that the body was male, and not female. His reconstructed head is on display.
Windeby II	Germany		Male	1952	Image	Found soon after Windeby I. The bones were decalcified and the clothes he may hae worn had dissolved from being in the peat for so long. He had been stragled with a hazel rod which was wrapped around his neck.
Worsley Man	England		Male	1958	Side Front	The Worsley man had beed garrotted and beheaded. He was around 20–30 years of age when he was killed.
Windover Skeletons	United States		Males and females	1982	Image	The only bog bodies that were discovered in the United States.
Yde Girl Yde Girl Yde Girl is a bog body found in the Stijfveen peat bog near the village of Yde, Netherlands. She was found on 12 May 1897 and was reputedly uncannily well-preserved when discovered , but by the time the body was turned over to the authorities a fortnight later it had been severely damaged and...	Netherlands		Female	1897		She was around 16 years old when she died. She is famous for being only 4 feet and 7 inches tall when she was alive. She had a curvature in her spine that was caused by scoliosis Scoliosis Scoliosis is a medical condition in which a person's spine is curved from side to side. Although it is a complex three-dimensional deformity, on an X-ray, viewed from the rear, the spine of an individual with scoliosis may look more like an "S" or a "C" than a straight line...   Her face was reconstructed in 1992 by forensic facial reconstructionist Richard Neave.
Zweeloo Woman	Netherlands		Female	1951	Skin	The body consists of the bones, internal organs and skin. The woman had been placed into a large pit in the bog. She had lived with dyschondrosteosis causing short forearms and legs. She was around 35 years old. She also was found with round worms and whipworm. Her cause of death is unknown.

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