Archaeologists uncover 9,000-year-old Mesolithic Site in Ireland

Archaeologists discovered a 9,000-year-old Mesolithic site and flint tools during an excavation for the Threecastles Solar Farm in eastern Ireland.

The team found tools used for cutting, sharpening, and scraping that were placed in a pit. Laurence Dunne, an archaeologist, stated the site offers a look into the lives of a nomadic community that gathered fish and hunted game in the area. People returned to the site approximately 4,000 years later when farming began in Ireland.

The excavation also revealed remnants of a possible medieval ringfort, a circular stone fortification, in a nearby field. Construction of the solar farm proceeded around the discovery site.