Amcotts Moor Woman
Iron Age bog body found in England
Amcotts Moor Woman is the name given to a bog body discovered in 1747 in a bog near Amcotts, Lincolnshire, England, who lived sometime between A.D. 200 and 400.[1]
Discovery
In the summer of 1747, a peat digger unearthed the body of a woman through roughly six feet of peat moss. The man quickly fled after his shovel struck a shoe with partial remains of a human foot still inside. The following October, Dr. George Stovin, after hearing of the discovery set out with his team to finish the excavation. Dr. Stovin concluded that the woman's body was bent so her head and feet were close to touching. Stovin described the skin of corpse to be strong. With the body, a pair of shoes were found, one of which was damaged by the shovel of its discoverer. The sandals were said to have tawny colour and to be pliable. The bones of the woman's foot were found inside of the sandals, as the bones of the arms and thighs were found inside of the skin. The hand and fingernails were described to have been well preserved, however, they had been lost when they were sent for study.[2]
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Bog bodies
(approx. deathdates)
- Koelbjerg Man (c. 8000 BC)
- Luttra Woman (c. 3920–3650 BC)
- Stoneyisland Man (c. 3320–3220 BC)
- Cashel Man (c. 2000 BC)
- Borremose bodies (c. 770 BC)
- Girl of the Uchter Moor (c. 764–515 BC)
- Haraldskær Woman (c. 490 BC)
- Gallagh Man (c. 470–120 BC)
- Kayhausen Boy (c. 400–300 BC)
- Tollund Man (c. 4th c. BC)
- Clonycavan Man (c. 392–201 BC)
- Old Croghan Man (c. 362–175 BC)
- Elling Woman (c. 350–150 BC)
- Damendorf Man (c. 300 BC)
- Grauballe Man (c. 3rd c. BC)
- Lindow Man (c. 200 BC–119 AD)
- Lindow Woman (c. 200 BC–119 AD)
- Weerdinge Men (c. 160 BC–220 AD)
- Huldremose Woman (c. 160 BC–340 AD)
- Yde Girl (c. 54 BC–128 AD)
- Windeby I (c. 41 BC–118 AD)
- Osterby Man (c. 70–220 AD)
- Amcotts Moor Woman (c. 200–400 AD)
- Bocksten Man (14th c. AD)
- Gunnister Man (c. 18th c. AD)
External links
- a bog body and it's shoes from amcotts
