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53:-cutters James Dolphin, Thomas Rodgers and John Spain uncovered a human skeleton while working on Dolphin's bank, located towards the centre of Stoneyisland Bog. It was first thought to be the remains of a Mr. Ward of Ballyshrule who had been missing for some time, but it was later revealed to be over five thousand years old.
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His further conclusions were that the body was of a man, aged about forty, 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m) in height. "The lower jaw and teeth, and a large number of the limbs bones were peculiar to prehistoric skeletons in
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Professor Shea's conclusions were that "the body had not sunk slowly down from an originally higher level in the bog, but was lying in the position and at the level where it originally lay". He believed that the outstretched arms indicated that the person had drowned, sank to the bottom of what was
68:, operating in the district at the time, examined the remains. He excavated the skeleton and had it examined by Professor Shea of the Anatomical Museum, University College, Galway."
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