The Bone Palace

Details

Location

Caledon

Year

1966

Date

Production 23/02/1966

Length

01min 08sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

It is illegal to download, copy, print or otherwise utilise in any other form this material, without written consent from the copyright holder.

Description

Leslie Dawes visits the ‘Bone Palace’ on the Caledon Estate. A bizarre folly built by Lord Orrery in 1747 supposedly to strike fear into the hearts of the Caledonians, although why it was built on his estate in Tyrone is a mystery. It comprises of 20,000 knuckle bones from 10,000 cattle. How did he find them all? Another mystery – as is the human skull at the end of this clip. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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