Tollund

a village, in central Jutland, near Silkeborg, in Denmark. In 1950, a well-preserved man’s corpse dating from the early Iron Age was found at the bottom of a peat bog in Tollund. The corpse, probably a sacrifice, was lying in a sleeping posture on its right side. On the head was a leather cap, a leather belt was around the trunk, and around the neck was a leather-thong noose, which was evidently used to strangle the man. After restoration, the head was placed on display in the Silkeborg city museum. A number of similar finds have been excavated in Denmark.