Police in Northern Ireland said a body discovered in bogland has been dated as being between 2,000 and 2,500 years old.The remains were first discovered in Bellaghy in County Derry in October 2023.“On initial examination, we couldn’t be sure if the remains were ancient or the result of a more recent death,” said Det Insp Nikki Deehan of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).The Sunday World reported in November that members of the families of the Disappeared – people killed and secretly buried by paramilitaries during the conflict in Northern Ireland – were in contact with police in relation to the discovery.A post mortem was carried out by a certified forensic anthropologist and determined that the individual was possibly a male aged between 13 and 17 at the time of death, according to a statement from the PSNI.The remains were found near the home place of Nobel Laureate poet Seamus Heaney, who wrote several poems about bog bodies.Commenting on the latest discovery, John Joe O’Boyle, chief executive of Forest Service Northern Ireland, said: “Seamus Heaney, when he was writing his series of poems inspired by bog bodies, probably never expected such a find on his own doorstep." Credit: PoliceServiceNI via Storyful