Lindow Moss, also known as Saltersley Common, is a raised mire peat bog on the edge of Wilmslow in Cheshire, England. It has been used as common land since the medieval period and is best known for th
Lindow Man, also known as Lindow II and as Pete Marsh, is the preserved bog body of a man discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss near Wilmslow in Cheshire, North West England. The remains were found
Lindow Moss
…Wilmslow in Cheshire, England. It has been used as common land since the medieval period and is best known for the discovery of the preserved bog body of Lindow Man in 1984 as well as Lindow Woman the year before. The peat bog was formed in a collection of hollows left by melting ice at the end of the last ice age…
Facial reconstruction of Lindow Man
Lindow Man on display at the British Museum in 2023
The area of Lindow Moss where Lindow Man was discovered