Cashel Man

Cashel Man is a bog body found near Cashel in County Laois, Ireland, on 10 August 2011. The body was a young adult male, around 20–25, who had been intentionally covered with peat after death. The crouched figure was recovered after being damaged by a milling machine in 2011. The head and left arm were presumed destroyed by the peat harvester until later recovered.

Radiocarbon dating places the man as having died around 2000 BC, making him one of the oldest bog bodies in Europe.

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