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Ferriter's Cove

Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry

Where the first cow bones in Ireland were found.

At Ferriter's Cove, near the tip of the Dingle Peninsula, hunter-gatherers camped by the shore around 6,500 years ago, making stone tools and eating fish and shellfish. Among their rubbish were a few bones of domestic cattle, the earliest found in Ireland, perhaps brought by early farmers from abroad.

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When
About 4500 BC
Where
52.1700, -10.4700
Group
Bigfoot & Hominids

Visiting

A quiet beach west of Ballyferriter.

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