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human body was found on the Earl of Moira's estate, in 
Ireland, a foot deep in gravel, beneath eleven feet of peat. 
The body was completely clothed, and the garments appeared 
all to be made of hair. Although the body must have been 
interred at a very early period, yet it was fresh and unim- 
paired * Sir Wm. "Wilde records the discovery of a human 
body ten feet from the surface in a peat bog in County 
Galway, in 1821, which had the head, legs, and feet un- 
covered, but the body enveloped in a skin tunic, which reached 
the knees and elbows, and was laced in front by thongs of 
leather. It was six feet in height, and apparently of a person 
about thirty years of age, and when discovered had the teeth, 
long dark hair, and even the partially-grown beard perfect. f 
In 1824, a male body completely clad in woollen garments 
of antique fashion was found in a bog, six feet beneath the 
surface, in the parish of Killeny, in the county of Sligo ; no 
weapons were found with the body, but a long staff lay under 
it, and attached to the hand by a leather thong was said to 
have been a small bag of untanned leather containing a ball 
of worsted thread. The head-dress was a conical cap of 
sheepskin, and so perfect was the body when first discovered 
that a magistrate was called upon to hold an inquest on it. 
In 1824, there was found in the peat, near Harald's Kjor, 
a female body in a mummified state, fastened by a hook to a 
stake, and covered with rich gold ornaments. This, accord- 
ing to the northern archaeologists, was the body of Queen 
Gunhelde, who, in the year 965, had been sunk into a peat 
bog as a punishment for her infidelity to the king. Some 
bodies were also found dressed in skin with sandals on their 
feet, which testified to their antiquity. J Dr. Walker states 
that some bodies were dug up in Ards Moss, Ayrshire, which 
* Countess of Moira, Archceologia, vol. vii. 
+ Wilde's Catalogue, 277. 
+ The Morgenblatt, for January, 1858. 
