Projects

  • Filter by 

Roman engraved seal stone

Story: This ovular intaglio, or engraved gemstone was found in a sheep field near Killyleagh, Co. Down. The stone is rust red in colour (likely carnelian) […]

Late Bronze Age sword

Story: The owner of this object discovered it while digging a garden pond. The location of the pond lay near a raised road which used to […]

Neolithic – Early Bronze Age plano-convex knife

Story: The owner of this object discovered it while raking a garden. Unfortunately it is impossible to say whether the object came originally from the garden […]

Neolithic end scraper

Story: This object was found during a pheasant shoot at Glenullin, just sitting on the ground. It may have been brought to the surface and exposed […]

Late Mesolithic or Neolithic axe head

Story: The owners of this object had just moved into their house which had been built in an old field covered with a lot of stones, […]

Late Mesolithic or Neolithic axe head

Story: The owner of this axe head was fishing as a child with his father below the Cutts on the river Bann. He recalls the moment […]

Late Mesolithic or Neolithic butt-trimmed blades

Story: The owner of these objects lives a short distance from the river Bann. Pieces of flint are often pulled from the garden beds behind the […]

Late Mesolithic or Neolithic distally trimmed knives

Story: The owners of these objects had just moved into their house which had been built in an old field covered with a lot of stones, […]

Late Mesolithic butt-trimmed blades

Story: The owners of these objects used to live at Mountsandel, before the fields were built over in the 1970s. On wet days, when stone showed […]

Early Mesolithic awl

Story: The owners of these objects used to live at Mountsandel, before the fields were built over in the 1970s. On wet days, when stone showed […]

Early Mesolithic core axe heads

Story: The owners of these objects used to live at Mountsandel, before the fields were built over in the 1970s. On wet days, when stone showed […]

Introducing My Treasure, Our Story

My Treasure, Our Story is a pilot project initiated by Coleraine Museum to allow community members with their own archaeological treasures to share the story of […]