- Newtown, Co. Mayo, Mayo

In July 2000 human remains were discovered by fishermen at Newtown on the shores of Lough Conn, Co. Mayo.¹⁹³ The remains were reported to the Gardaí at Ballina, who removed them from the site and deposited them with Dr M.J. O’Neill in the Department of Anatomy, NUIG, where they were examined. The Museum was informed of the find by the Department of Anatomy. As the site of discovery was not visited by Museum personnel, this report is based on those of the Gardaí and Dr O’Neill. No details are recorded as to the disposition of the remains, or the depth at which they were found in the lake. According to O’Neill’s report, the remains were all those of a human and were heavily stained a dark brown. The vault of the skull contained shells of aquatic crustaceans and sediment. The remains were those of an adult male c. 165cm in height and aged approximately 40 years at death. Most of the bones from the right side of the body did not survive (Fredengren, forthcoming).

193. Parish of Kilbelfad, barony of Tirawley. OS 6in. sheet 39. IGR 119894 314626.