Miorbhail na Monach: Secrets in the Peat
Eachdraidh na Mònach (Our Peaty Past)
Season 1 Episode 2 of 3
The remains of Iron Age humans, conserved by the incredible chemicals in bogs, come under the spotlight in Ireland. Anne McAlpine meets Peter MacQueen at the National Museum of Ireland to learn about the effort to collect sphagnum moss from Scotland's bogs to make into wound dressings during the First World War
Miorbhail na Monach: Secrets in the Peat airs on BBC Alba at 9:00 PM, Sunday 1 June. (Subtitles, repeat.)
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