Tuam mother and baby home: Six weeks of excavation reveals historical artifacts and human remains

Forensic teams have made ‘significant’ discoveries in the opening weeks of excavation, recovering artifacts from four distinct historical periods including personal items and a single human tooth fragment now under analysis

Sample of selection of glass bottles recovered in the first six weeks of excavation. Credit: ODAIT

Six weeks after works commenced, the forensic excavation at the site of the former Mother and Baby Institution in Tuam, County Galway has revealed a number of significant discoveries.

Forensic excavation of the site in Tuam began on July 14, and in the first six weeks excavation has focused on two areas – the site of a former workhouse yard and the high stone boundary wall

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