PICS: Uprooted tree unearths 1000-year-old murdered teenager in Sligo
When a 215-year-old beech tree was ripped up during high winds in Collooney recently, the top half of a young man’s skeleton was found tangled in its roots. The lower half remained in the ground.
Sligo-Leitrim Archaeological Services (SLAS), an independent archaeological consultancy established in 2015, was commissioned to undertake a rescue excavation on the site by the National Monuments Service.
