This article is from page 5 of the 2006-10-03 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 5 JPG
HUMAN bones which were discovered during the excavation of a site in Sixmilebridge are understood to have been there for more than 100 years.
The bones, believed to be those of a young man, were discovered while development work was being carried out on the old woollen mill in the village last Thursday.
The building, which was the old water-driven woollen mill in the early 1900s, had been run down for several years and was latterly used as a store.
A dwelling house was situated next door to the mill and it is believed the bones were found beneath the ground floor in the house.
The entire site is currently being converted into apartments and a commercial unit.
Gardaí immediately called in experts from the Archaeological Society of Ireland and their initial examinations suggested that the body had been there for more than 100 years.
“We have no idea as to the identity. It is going to be difficult to identify them,” said Superintendent John Kerin.
“We are happy this is not recent and we are happy that there was no foul play, relative to modern Ireland, involved,” he added.
“We will go through old files to see if anyone went missing or was murdered at that time,” he said.
The bones were taken away by the archaeologists, and the work on the building has resumed.