feet found in attic

Orla K · 14-09-2009 2:17pm #1

I thought the people of AH would get a kick out of this.

EXPERTS FROM the National Museum are still trying to explain how two human feet dating from 2,000 years ago were found in an attic in a house in the Terenure area of Dublin last December.
The human remains, a foot from a young child and the foot of an adult male with part of the lower leg attached, turned up during renovation work on the house in south Dublin.
The builders informed the gardaí who in turn called in the Dublin City Coroner Dr Brian Farrell, who ordered the remains be sent to Dublin City Mortuary for postmortem examination.
According to a report in the autumn edition of Archaeology Ireland to be published this week under the heading “Not One Foot in The Grave but two Feet in the Attic”, the mystery is unresolved.
During his examination, Dr Farrell and other scientists concluded the two mummified right feet had come from an adult and from a child. There were no signs of antemortem injuries or cut marks.
The foot of the male adult had part of the lower leg attached although the stretching and tearing of the muscle fibres suggest it had been pulled off a body, said the report.
“It closely resembled a bog body in appearance, as it had the dark brown, almost black colour seen in recent bog bodies such as Oldcroghan Man and Cloneycavan Man,” the report continued.
A series of X-rays found the feet were perfectly normal and these established the foot came from a child of about 10 years of age.
The bone formation indicated the child was more than eight years of age.
Dr Paula Reimer of the Chrono Centre at Queen’s University Belfast carried out radiocarbon dating while gardaí sought to trace previous owners of the house.
The radiocarbon dates found the adult foot dated to AD52-230 and the juvenile foot was dated to 60BC-AD53, indicating there was a real possibility of these being parts of bog bodies.
The report, by Laureen Buckley and Brian Farrell, said the case had now been handed over to the National Museum of Ireland which is determined to trace the provenance of the bog feet and discover how they ended up in a Dublin attic.
The latest indications are the house may once have been the residence of a pathologist who worked in the midlands where many of these bodies and body parts have turned up during the cutting of turf and milling of peat.
Gardaí have checked out pathology departments to see whether the feet may have been medical specimens at one stage and may have been removed to the attic.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/0914/1224254476530.html

ejmaztec · 14-09-2009 2:29pm

It won't be the last time that builders stare defeet in the face.

Prof.Badass · 14-09-2009 2:36pm

I don't believe this story. Are you pulling my leg?

No doubt something strange is afoot here :pac:.

ejmaztec · 14-09-2009 2:47pm

Sad to see that there were drink problems even then, with people getting legless. I wonder whether they drank mead, or made something from hops?

Whosbetter? · 14-09-2009 2:47pm

I wonder who'll be footing the bill for this?

ejmaztec · 14-09-2009 2:57pm

One of them could have been an athlete's foot if it was in a 2000 year-old Nike.:eek:

Gran Hermano · 14-09-2009 2:58pm

I blame that woman on the AIB ad.

AnonoBoy · 14-09-2009 3:01pm

It's make a foot related pun thread, eh?

Sure I'll have a pot at this! (geddit?)

Chiropodist?

Ah sh*te - I'm fecking terrible at this game.

Xavi6 · 14-09-2009 3:02pm

Are those MY feet?

Borneo Fnctn · 14-09-2009 3:03pm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Ah sh*te - I'm fecking terrible at this game.

You put your foot in it big time.

ejmaztec · 14-09-2009 3:04pm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

It's make a foot related pun thread, eh?

Sure I'll have a pot at this! (geddit?)

Chiropodist?

Ah sh*te - I'm fecking terrible at this game.

That's a defeetist attitude.

mikom · 14-09-2009 3:23pm

Paul McCartneys attic?

ejmaztec · 14-09-2009 3:25pm

mikom wrote: »

Paul McCartneys attic?

It doesn't say in the article heather it was or heather it wasn't.

mikom · 14-09-2009 3:28pm

mikom wrote: »

Paul McCartneys attic?

ejmaztec wrote: »

It doesn't say in the article heather it was or heather it wasn't.

CCCCCCCCCCombo breaker.

brummytom · 14-09-2009 4:10pm

Can the owners now claim their attic's got an extra two feet?

Because that's cheating

Whosbetter? · 14-09-2009 4:20pm

In all fairness though, it's hard for builders to get any kind of foothold in todays market.

Poor Uncle Tom · 14-09-2009 4:20pm

There must be a hole in the roof.....
We're after a couple of feet of rain this year...

osnola ibax · 14-09-2009 4:21pm

Toe be honest, could make a really good episode of ca-shin-the attic

Took me ages aswell

GreeBo · 14-09-2009 4:25pm

osnola ivax wrote: »

Took me ages aswell

Wasnt worth it.

Rejected Jim Sheridian efforts?

Prof.Badass · 14-09-2009 4:28pm

brummytom wrote: »

Can the owners now claim their attic's got an extra two feet?

Because that's cheating

Now, that would be an amazing feat feet if they managed to pull it off :pac:.

*legs it*.

Ghost Train · 14-09-2009 4:29pm

the photo's cool...

Sharpshooter · 14-09-2009 4:32pm

Whosbetter? wrote: »

In all fairness though, it's hard for builders to get any kind of foothold in todays market.

They manage toenail it though.

teddy_303 · 14-09-2009 4:34pm

As long as they TOE the line, it should be OK..

An Fear Aniar · 14-09-2009 4:37pm

Why is this news? All very pedestrian if you ask me.

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teddy_303 · 14-09-2009 4:39pm

It is a "stocking" story though....:(

GreeBo · 14-09-2009 4:39pm

Rumour has it one of the limbs is Victor Meldrew's, makes sense if you think about it...

Dont be at yourself · 14-09-2009 4:42pm

What's the fuss? Just someone putting their feet up...

Bajingo · 14-09-2009 4:43pm

Hmm..very in-toe-resting..not really..I would legged it if I saw them in an attic they're probably covered in bac-toe-ria!

No i'm not good at this:o

af_thefragile · 14-09-2009 4:47pm

Bugs in the attic,
Aliens in the attic,
Feet in the attic.

I wonder what more people will keep coming up with to get their kicks...

NedTermo · 14-09-2009 4:47pm

Whose going to foot the bill for all these so called experts?
I find the whole thing amashing.

Whosbetter? · 14-09-2009 4:50pm

Let's be honest.
A lot of people in the construction industry are getting cold feet nowadays.

WeeBushy · 14-09-2009 4:52pm

For the love of god make the puns stop!

brummytom · 14-09-2009 5:13pm

WeeBushy wrote: »

For the love of god make the puns stop!

That'll be no mean feet

14-09-2009 5:18pm

WeeBushy wrote: »

For the love of god make the puns stop!

Yes, they're really starting to r-ankle

14-09-2009 5:21pm

I wouldn't mind sucking them toes.

teddy_303 · 14-09-2009 6:04pm

Maybe when the property market heals, the value of the house will shoe-t up! :pac:

WeeBushy · 14-09-2009 6:24pm

*facepalm*

orestes · 14-09-2009 7:03pm

WeeBushy wrote: »

For the love of god make the puns stop!

WeeBushy wrote: »

*facepalm*

Ah don't be kicking yourself

14-09-2009 9:11pm

I hope the poor man didn't suffer ... God rest his sole.

galwayrush · 14-09-2009 9:16pm

Looks like the Government went in with both feet with their NAMA plan.:rolleyes:

35notout · 14-09-2009 9:20pm

I have 8 feet in my basement - trouble is they are still attached to a bloody Austrian family

feet found in attic

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