Bronze age pottery found at Tullaghoge Fort in rural Co Tyrone
Posted on 02/19/2015 1:31:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv
An archaeological bid to discover more about the hilltop where Ulster chieftains were crowned 700 years ago has uncovered artefacts dating back more than 7,000 years.
Tullaghoge Fort in rural Co Tyrone was the place leaders of the dominant O'Neill clan came to be crowned from around the 14th Century to just before the arrival of the planters at the start of the 17th Century.
Targeted excavation work around the picturesque tree encircled earthen mound ahead of the planned development of new visitor facilities hoped to find and preserve buried artefacts from that period -- but it ended up unearthing a lot more.
Archaeologists have revealed that flint tool fragments have been found dating back before 5000 BC to the Mesolithic period when hunter gatherer settlers inhabited Ireland...
Dr O'Keeffe said archaeologists had previously found evidence of prehistoric burial tombs at the present-day Mid Ulster Sports Arena in nearby Cookstown.
He said his teams were delighted to find evidence of settlements from the same era at Tullaghoge...
Dr O'Keeffe said the small pieces of flint would have been stuck to sticks using resin to make harpoons, spears or saws...
Evidence of cereal harvesting on the site between the 7th and 9th centuries AD were also discovered.
Dr O'Keeffe said the new finds merely added to the rich story of a site more usually associated with the Medieval era and the time when the O'Neills ruled Ulster.
The Tullaghoge place name is taken to mean 'Hill of the young warrior' or 'Hill of Youth', from the Gaelic Tulloch Oc.
(Excerpt) Read more at belfasttelegraph.co.uk ...
Bronze age pottery found at Tullaghoge Fort in rural Co Tyrone
Impossible! The Earth is only six thousand and change years old!
If I saw artifacts like that on the ground I wouldn’t even realize what I was seeing.
I like the one that said that King Tut was Irish.
The artifacts came complete with dates so the archaeologists could tell they were 7,000 years old. Also the ground around the objects was also labeled to establish its age. When fossils are found one just has to look at the date on the feet to establish the age. If you are having problems dating the fossils just look at the ground/rock. If you are having problems with the ground/rock just check the date on the fossil. It is easy!
See, that’s why they didn’t send ya. ;’)
Tut O’kamoon.
And thunder is really God bowling.
Anyway...
King Tut's DNA Is Western European
Well, that thread went downhill fast. At least the article was interesting.
Downhill fast, that figures, it’s winter, and we’ve got a lot of snow here... ;’) Thanks AgR.
There is a book dealing with ancient Ireland and an accompanying CD produced by PBS. Lots of good pictures.
The Irish had a group of people called the Peregrine. They were widely wandering people named after the Peregrine falcon
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