Mesolithic Tools Found in Northern Ireland
Archaeologists from Queens University Belfast, led by Eileen Murphy, have discovered 8,000-year-old artifacts in Derrygonnelly, Northern Ireland.
The team, which included over 200 volunteers from the Community Archaeology Program Northern Ireland, was initially searching for remains of a 400-year-old castle in County Fermanagh.
“It’s a lovely, flat plateau right beside the River Sillies, and it would have been a really rich source of fish and waterbirds and an ideal place for hunter-gatherers to live,”
said Murphy. The findings include microliths and a core, a piece of stone used to make the tiny tools.
- Microliths and a core were uncovered.
- Evidence of a Bronze Age house was also found, dated using 4,000-year-old pottery.
Author's summary: Ancient tools found in Northern Ireland.
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