The Bog Body Resource

Bog-preserved remains offer insight into the burial practices and lives of Iron Age Celtic and Germanic cultures, but perhaps the root of public fascination with them is that they offer the unique opportunity to come face-to-face with people who lived and died millennia ago.

This blog looks at current and past scholarship on the preservation of bog-preserved remains; provides an overview of the numerous challenges and considerations that go into preserving an exhumed bog body and placing it on display; and attempts to determine how successful many of the present displays are in addressing the aforementioned concerns.