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Mount Sandel

Near Coleraine, County Londonderry

Some of the oldest known homes in Ireland.

On a bluff above the River Bann, archaeologists found the remains of round huts built around 9,000 years ago by hunter-gatherers. They ate salmon, eels, wild pig and hazelnuts.

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When
About 7000 BC
Where
55.1180, -6.6570
Group
Bigfoot & Hominids

Visiting

Mount Sandel Forest has paths along the river.

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