What a hat and comb found in a peat bank tell us about a 300-year-old murder
The belongings of a young man suspected to have been murdered in the early 1700s have been unveiled in a new exhibition. The ...
18th Century Scots murder victim's belongings to be displayed after being preserved in peat bog
The personal belongings of an 18th-century murder victim, hastily buried in a peat bog, have gone on display on the Isle of ...
Mystery of 18th century suspected-murder victim Arnish Moor Man explored
A new exhibition about a burial on the Isle of Lewis from the 1700s has opened for the first time in a generation.
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Belongings of murder victim preserved in peatbog for 250 years go on display
The body was first discovered in 1964, with forensic analysis at the time revealing he was around 20 to 25 years old.
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Rare Scots bird vanishes in suspicious circumstances near English grouse moors
A rare bird has disappeared in suspicious circumstances amid fears of "human interference", the RSPB has said. The young Hen Harrier, named Red by local schoolchildren, hatched in 2024 in Tarras ...
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Rare Scots bird vanishes near grouse moors where several others disappeared
A rare bird has disappeared in suspicious circumstances amid fears of "human interference", the RSPB has said. The young Hen Harrier, named Red by local schoolchildren, hatched in 2024 in Tarras ...
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Mystery of suspected-murder victim Arnish Moor Man explored
Stories of a murder on the moor have been passed down through generations ... and Early Modern History at National Museums Scotland, said: “We don’t know who this person was, but the quality ...