Chatting through the Causeway’s Prehistoric Past
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17th July 2023
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6th September 2023Chatting through the Causeway’s Prehistoric Past
Over the course of 2022, Dr Nic Wright, Community Engagement Officer for Causeway Coast and Glens Museum Services, sat down for a series of chats with Barry Williamson, from the Coleraine and District Talking News. The playlists below breakdown Ireland’s prehistoric past into bite-sized chunks.
Mesolithic Mountsandel
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- Map showing registered sites showing Mesolithic occupation.
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- Mountsandel on the River Bann. The Mesolithic site is in the field to the far right of the image.
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- Late Mesolithic flints from the Ballymoney Museum collection.
The Neolithic Period
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- Neolithic polished stone axeheads from the Ballymoney Museum collection.
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- Ballymacaldrick Court Tomb, also known as Dooey’s Cairn, near Dunloy.
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- A collection Neolithic and Bronze Age arrowheads in an early 20th century frame from the Ballycastle Museum collection.
The Bronze Age
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- Assorted Bronze Age axeheads from the Ballymoney Museum collection.
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- Early Bronze Age food vessel from Liscolman in the Ballycastle Museum collection.
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- One half of a dolerite mould for casting a bronze palstave from Corrstown, (Coleraine Museum collection) and a Middle Bronze Age bronze palstave found in the River Bann, now in a private collection.
The Iron Age
The Derrykeighan Stone, with its La Tène style engraving, dates to the 1st century BC – 1st century AD, and is now part of Ballymoney Museum’s collection.