Borremose Woman, discovered in
Denmark in 1948, was the third bog body found in three years in Borre
Fen.
P. V. Glob wrote, "The
dead woman lay face downwards covered by a large woolen blanket, which
was adapted with a leather strap for use as a skirt. The lead lay to the
east, with the right arm bent up against the face, the left arm was
under the left leg which was bent right up underneath her. Like
[Borremose Man] the woman had been roughly handled before she ended up
in the bog. The back of the head was scalped and her face was
crushed."
A later scientific study
revealed that her skull was damaged after death. A pollen analysis
suggested that she died in autumn.
