Important finds in Ireland

From the BBC:

Hunting tools believed to be 9,000 years old have been uncovered during a road development in County Antrim. . .

The finds are the most significant discovery in the province since a 4,000-year-old grave was discovered during an excavation in the ruins of Newtownstewart Castle in County Tyrone in 1999. . .

A special team of experts has been appointed by the Roads Service to carry out a full examination of the site where a 3.5-kilometre-long dual carriageway is being built to ease chronic traffic congestion.

More than 8,000 pieces of flint, including small microlith blades and bigger tools used for hunting and fishing, have been discovered.

The finds range from Mesolithic (7,000-3,500 BC) and Neolithic (4,000-2,500 BC) to the Bronze Age (2,500-1,200 BC) and right up to some tools from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Posted by David on January 8, 2003 1:53 PM