Lindow Man, also known as Lindow II and (in jest) as Pete Marsh, is the preserved bog body of a man discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss near Wilmslow in Cheshire, North West England. The remains were found on 1 August 1984 by commercial peat cutters.

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. [1][2] Sphagnum moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most common components in peat, although many other plants can contribute.

A bog body is a human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog. Such bodies, sometimes known as bog people, are both geographically and chronologically widespread, having been dated to between 8000 BC and the Second World War. [1]

Apr 18, 2008 · Lindow Man, nicknamed ‘Pete Marsh’ is Britain’s best known and best preserved Iron Age bog body. And 24 years after he was pulled from the peat on Lindow Moss near Mobberley, Lindow Man has...

Aug 2, 2014 · Thirty years ago, a peat cutter working in the Cheshire countryside spotted what he thought was a piece of wood trundling along a conveyor belt.

Oct 16, 2023 · Bog bodies, also known as bog people, are human cadavers that have been naturally mummified in a peat bog. Many bog bodies date back to the Iron Age (around 1300 B.C.E. to 800 C.E., depending on the region), though some are even older.

Lindow Man, also known as Lindow II and Pete Marsh, is the name given to a well-preserved Iron Age bog body, discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss near Wilmslow in Cheshire, England. He is believed to have died in the 1st century BC, making him one of …

Sep 1, 2024 · The ancient peat bog of Lindow Moss in Cheshire hid a dark and gruesome secret for almost 2,000 years. But on 1 August 1984, a peat cutter spotted the astonishingly well-preserved remains of...

Lindow Man, also known as Pete Marsh, is the preserved 2000-year-old body of a man discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss near Wilmslow in Cheshire. The remains, estimated to have been deposited between 2 BC and 119 AD, were found in 1984 by commercial peat cutters.

Jan 14, 2019 · In August 1984, archaeologists discovered Britain’s best preserved bog body in Lindow Moss, Cheshire. Initially believed to be the remains of a murdered woman, on examination, they were found to be much older, dating to the Iron age.