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Causeway Coast and Glens Museum Services, in partnership with Mountsandel Discovery & Heritage Group, are pleased to present an information session in advance of the planned archaeological survey at Mountsandel, the oldest known human settlement site in Ireland.
The free event on Monday 25th May, from 2 – 6pm, in Coleraine Heritage Hub in the Diamond Centre is suitable for all ages.
Professor Graeme Warren (UCD Archaeology) who is leading on the planned survey will deliver a presentation at 4.30pm outlining his team's plans for the first archaeological survey work to be conducted at Mountsandel in half a century. Professor Warren is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and specialises in early prehistory and the archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers.
From 2pm, younger visitors will have the opportunity to handle objects from Museum Services' Prehistory box including a replica Mesolithic axe and arrow. You can wrap up in a boar skin like prehistoric man to fend off the elements, and MDHG's VR headset will allow you to step back into the virtual landscape of the Middle Stone Age. Discover how you would have fared in the hunter-gatherer world of Mesolithic man by trying our specially created Mountsandel game!
