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Fri 08 Aug 2009Artefacts uncovered during roadworks give fresh perspective on early Irish life
THE REMAINS of a 9,000-year-old fishing basket uncovered at Clowanstown in Co Meath, a monastic bell-making facility at Clonfad in Co Westmeath and an “exceptional” raised wooden trackway close to the Dromod-Roosky bypass, were described at an archaeology seminar yesterday.
Some of the discoveries challenged knowledge of life and settlement patterns on the island, the annual seminar was told. The seminar deals with artefacts uncovered during national road building programmes.
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