Medieval skeleton 'bursts from the earth'

[Contrary1]

That would be some strange thing to discover.

Remains are snapped in two as storm rips tree roots containing the bones into the air



"He was laid to rest more than 900 years ago, but the remains of a medieval man have come to light again in the most unusual of ways.

A human skeleton was ripped from the earth as a tree was violently uprooted during a winter storm in Sligo, Ireland.

The upper part of the skeleton, including part of the spine and skull, was discovered trapped in the tree’s root system and was raised up in the air, while the lower legs remained in the grave.

The 215-year-old beech was blown over in last year’s winter storms and The National Monuments Service then commissioned Sligo-Leitrim Archaeological Services (SLAS) to retrieve the badly disturbed remains.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3233726/Medieval-skeleton-bursts-earth-Remains-snapped-two-storm-rips-tree-roots-containing-bones-air.html#ixzz3lkZUIvvx

[Shandris]

1. Uhoh, that might satisfy the 'dead will rise' prophecy!

I can hear the RW conspiracy nuts winding up the engines already!

But seriously, that's amazing...

[Thor_MN]

2. Wow, Death's a Beech.

[snagglepuss]

4. lol

thx. needed that.

[Contrary1]

7. I may be going out on a limb here...

but your comment was A-oak-ay!

[oneshooter]

21. Son of Beech? n/t

[Ghost in the Machine]

34. I think it needs to branch out more, as it leaves too much room for more questions stemming up n/t

[malaise]

11. DUzy

[2naSalit]

17. I second that!

[TexasProgresive]

15. wonder pun

You should get an award.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. "Look, maybe I didn't say every single little tiny syllable, no"

[Glassunion]

28. You're such a f#%ing a$$hole!

You beat me to it. It was my first thought when I read the subject.

+1.45634bn to you!

[Warren DeMontague]

36. Great Minds, Sir. Great Minds.

[Boxerfan]

5. Send in the "Time Team"...

My favorite show on and I'm in Oregon. But I came across the show on a streaming channel & I'm hooked. I honestly do hope they send them in-professional archeologists and very adept.

Ok-read further looks like its all done-Oh well.

Time Team is awesome-I wish we had a analogous program not freakin aliens & bigfoot crap.

[csziggy]

9. There was a Time Team America on PBS but it didn't last

http://www.pbs.org/time-team/home/

I think they have the episodes online: http://video.pbs.org/program/time-team-america/
It looks as though they only made 9 episodes.

[Galileo126]

14. TTA and "Secrets of the Dead" are my two faves

Investigative history on those levels rock!

[kairos12]

6. Exposed the branches of the ancestral line.

[riderinthestorm]

8. This actually sounds like some medieval ghost story

Scarily delicious!

[tabasco]

10. I'm guessing they planted a tree on his grave

Trees are holy to Celts/Druids.

[malaise]

12. And I find that beautiful

[frogmarch]

16. The tree is apparently 250 years old and

the skeleton is thought to be around 900 years old, but that doesn't mean a tree wasn't planted on the grave - unless these people didn't do that kind of thing. I've never heard of it, but trees die too and their remains aren't always preserved.

[tabasco]

18. Yeah, maybe a baby tree from the original one planted

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Chop a birch and saplings start growing from the stump.

[frogmarch]

19. Yes, the fallen tree could be

a descendant of a tree originally planted on the grave. I like that idea.

[NuclearDem]

13. AND THEN A SKELETON POPPED OUT

[Arugula Latte]

20. Ashes to ashes ... or elms ... or beeches.

[BlueJazz]

22. Since the person has been there for so long, we should leave them alone.

[Codeine]

23. Bit late for that,

considering half of him is dangling in the breeze.

[BlueJazz]

24. "Leave"

[Codeine]

25. D'oh!!!

[BlueJazz]

26. Sorry, that WAS rather obscure.

[lumberjack_jeff]

38. Heh. +1 n/t

[Manifestor_of_Light]

27. The King's Singers--The Oak and the Ash

A North Country maid up to London had strayed,
Although with her nature it did not agree.
She wept and she sighed, and so bitterly she cried,
"How I wish once again in the North I could be!
Oh the oak and the ash, and the bonny ivy tree,
They flourish at home in my own country.

2. "While sadly I roam I regret my dear home,
Where lads and young lasses are making the hay.
The merry bells ring and the birds sweetly sing,
The meadows are pleasant and maidens are gay.
Oh the oak and the ash, and the bonny ivy tree,
They flourish at home in my own country.

3. "No doubt, did I please, I could marry with ease,
For where maidens are fair many lovers will come,
But the one whom I wed must be North Country bred,
And tarry with me in my North Country home.
Oh the oak and the ash, and the bonny ivy tree,
They flourish at home in my own country.

Oh I wish once again in the North I could be.

From Watching the White Wheat-Folksongs of the British Isles

[rug]

29. Late entry to the republican field.

[Contrary1]

31. I would cast my vote for Medieval Man before any of the clown car occupants. n/t

[RecoveringJournalist]

30. Why don't you make like a tree and get outta here.

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[Boudica the Lyoness]

32. When I posted something from the Daily Mail

I caught a lot of shirt about it being a British rubbish tabloid.
I always insisted DM has interesting stories and good pics.

[840high]

39. DM is my nightly treat. I sleep

better - like a glass of wine.

[Historic NY]

33. He must have some family roots.

[irisblue]

35. Skeleton Wars starting early this year

[dflprincess]

37. Sligo?

This guy could be one of my ancestors!

I had a friend who grew up in County Armagh. He once told me that when he was around 8 or 9 he and his pals liked to hang around and watch when a grave was dug in one of the local cemeteries. The cemetery was so old that there were no accurate records of where the centuries old graves were and it was not unusual for them to unearth some bones. After getting their ghoulish kicks they would then make sure they got out of there before the priest turned up to supervise the reburial and bless the grave.