Meeting the Bog Bodies

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• 1. Discovering the bog bodies
• 2. National Museum of Ireland
• 3. Examining the bodies
• 4. Dramatising the past
• 5. Filming the reconstruction
• 6. The bodies in context
• 7. Unlocking secrets of the Iron Age
• 8. Preserving Oldcroghan Man
• 9. Clonycavan Man
• 10. Find out more
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Filming the reconstruction

When the time comes, a group of historical re-enactors called the 'Time Tarts' assemble in the New Forest, suitably attired in historically-accurate Iron Age costume.

We choose to film at night with flaming torches and would have liked rain to reflect the weather in Ireland, but the necessary machine would have cost several thousands of pounds to hire.

'I feel for the poor re-enactor who has to be 'dunked' in the stream as midnight approaches'

Luck is with us as a beautiful moonlit night clouds over and down comes torrential rain. I have never known rain like it and I feel for the poor re-enactor who has to be 'dunked' in the stream as midnight approaches.

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Published: 2006-01-12