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Skeleton uncovered in Smithfield

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    #32
    Degsy
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    vektarman wrote: »
    Sounds like a grave situation.


    Dont be so shallow.


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    #33
    dominiquecruz
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    vektarman wrote: »
    Sounds like a grave situation.

    :rolleyes: Good one. None of us cadaver top that.


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    #34
    Degsy
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    BeerNut wrote: »
    Another resident of Dublin Central gets a dig-out :rolleyes:

    It's pre-1660s, apparently.

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    Gardai believe this was the last thing the man saw

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    #35
    The_B_Man
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    Lookin at the first photo therem there's some pipes right beside the skeleton. How could someone lay those pipes without noticing it??


    PS Its May Lane behind Smithfiled Square. Its where the roadworks are taking place right in front of the Old Jameson Distillery.


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    #36
    DeepSleeper
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    The_B_Man wrote: »
    Lookin at the first photo therem there's some pipes right beside the skeleton. How could someone lay those pipes without noticing it??

    I'd say the trench for those pipes was just a little higher than the skeleton, in which case they weren't exposed at the time, or else the machine-dug pipe trench truncated the skeleton - archaeological remains are often truncated by later activity and often the machine-operator genuinely doesn't notice because they are digging a vertical trench through horizontal strata/remains - It happens... The driver is watching out for buried cables/pipes/rocks and a bone fragment or two (he'd only see fragments, not the whole thing normally) wouldn't raise an eyebrow as he'd probably consider them to be dumped animal bones if he saw them.

    We won't know the story until the archaeologist issues their report (or a press release) - that will tell us if the skeleton was intact or truncated...


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    boneless
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    Smithfield was a burial site for execution victims in the 17th century. The public gallows was in Hammond Lane, a corruption of Hangmans Lane... a good number of skeletons were excavated by archaeologists in the area during the past few years.

    I was on one such dig in 2005.


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    #38
    The_B_Man
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    Did u find any skeletons, or was the site boneless??


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    #39
    dsmythy
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    boneless wrote: »
    Smithfield was a burial site for execution victims in the 17th century. The public gallows was in Hammond Lane, a corruption of Hangmans Lane... a good number of skeletons were excavated by archaeologists in the area during the past few years.

    I was on one such dig in 2005.

    And look at what happened to you!


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    Degsy
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    dsmythy wrote: »
    And look at what happened to you!

    Look what happened to the bloke they murdered and buried!


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    dave80
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    Another skeleton found this morning, looks to be a small child, hav a pic but can't upload from mobile


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    #42
    Degsy
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    dave80 wrote: »
    Another skeleton found this morning, looks to be a small child, hav a pic but can't upload from mobile

    178303.jpg

    It looks like they could now be excavating in what was once the churchyard at the back of St Michans.


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    #43
    boneless
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    I have just been speaking to one of the team at the site. Indeed, it does look like it is part of the extended St Michans cemetery. They found nails and traces of wood, possibly from coffins in the same contexts as the skeletons.

    And to answer some of the quips above, I am boneless due to severe artrithis :p... possibly due to all that digging up bones!! :D


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