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Ancient Skeletal Remains Found In Swords Park May Be A Child's

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04:15 20 Jul 2020


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Ancient skeletal remains found in a park in Swords are undergoing specialist analysis.

Locals discovered the remains in the Rivervalley Park in April while they were out for a walk.

However nobody was in a position to excavate because of the Covid-19 restrictions.

Six medieval skeletons were excavated from the same site, back in 1999.

Fingal County Council's Heritage Officer Christine Baker says experts believe the remains belong to a juvenile.

"The archaeologist that excavated the site is Meabh McCormack."

"So she is also an osteo-archaeologist, that is an expert in human remains."

"She was able to identify, preliminary, that the remains of a juvenile - about ten to twelve years of age."

"The analysis is ongoing so we'll be able to hear more about that in due course."

Photo: Fingal County Council.

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