Very cold case

[British Red]

Whilst digging out turf for the new fruit cage today I dug up some teeth

Anyone care to venture a guess as to the origin? (I do know btw)

Jawbone 2 by British Red, on Flickr

Jawbone 1 by British Red, on Flickr

Tooth 1 by British Red, on Flickr

Red

 

[Macaroon]

Some idea of scale, please, if possible?

 

[British Red]

Each tooth is the size of a smallish human molar

 

[sandbender]

Each tooth is the size of a smallish human molar

Those are human molars?

 

[Clouston98]

Found a lovely roe buck skull and a ram skull both complete with nice antlers/ horns and will be mounted and hung! I would have a punt on a sheep or maybe it could be a bit of human - teenager age or something?

 

[British Red]

Nope not human, but they are surprisingly human looking. Not sheep either.....

 

[JAG009]

badger .................

 

[British Red]

Gods I hope not...it would have been a huge one

 

[Mesquite]

Are they from a dog Hugh?

 

[Macaroon]

I'll hazard a guess at Goat.....................

 

[beachlover]

Sus scrofa - Pig?

 

[British Red]

Not dog or goat...but beachlover has it. Or more specifically a boar I think given the other evidence....

Tusk by British Red, on Flickr

Sus scrofa domesticus I believe given the farming history of the property.

 

[beachlover]

It just happened to be fresh in my mind because a friend and I were talking yesterday about someone using goats to clear scrub off land and then planting Jerusalem artichokes for the pigs to do the digging, followed by chickens to fertilise the ground. John Seymour comes to mind but it may have been someone else.

 

[Goatboy]

I thought they were pig (Suidae) before the tusk. I found a similar jaw and tusk in an area of deep peat I'd just ploughed many moons ago up on a hillside. The local museum told me that it was a modern pig. Knowing the history of the land I kind've disagreed and though more along the lines of boar like you. Excellent pics though.

 

[Wild Tuscany Bushcraft]

I'm not an expert but i also think .. Sus Scrofa