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Irish Mirror:
Medieval skeleton bursts from ground after centuries-old tree ripped up by storm
Medieval skeleton bursts from ground after centuries-old tree ripped up by storm
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Storms blew over a 215-year old beech tree outside Collooney, Sligo, Ireland, unearthing a human skeleton.
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The burial was that of a young man (17-20 years old) and it is believed he suffered a violent death during the early medieval period.
Radiocarbon dating puts the man's death at 1030-1200 AD.
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In a scene that must have been quite macabre, the upper part of the skeleton was found raised in the air within the tree’s root system, while the legs remained in the ground.
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