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In 2004, some amazing discoveries were made in Northern Ireland in the UK. A new road was being built - the A1 between Belfast and Dublin. You are going to travel back in time to Ballintaggart and Derrycraw in the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
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A teachers guide to Digging Down Childrens Archaeology Book.
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In 2012, archaeologists made some amazing discoveries in Ballynure County Antrim, Northern Ireland. A new dual carriageway road was being built, the A8 road between Ballynure and Larne, when the ground was cleared for the new road, archaeologists discovered a series of holes in the ground which turned out to belong to a set of three houses from the Bronze Age period - they were over 3,500 years old.
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In 2012, archaeologists made some amazing discoveries in Ballynure County Antrim, Northern Ireland. A new dual carriageway road was being built, the A8 road between Ballynure and Larne, when the ground was cleared for the new road, archaeologists discovered a series of holes in the ground which turned out to belong to a set of three houses from the Bronze Age period - they were over 3,500 years old.
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In 2014 work began on building a new dual carriageway, the A26 from Glarryford to the Drones Road, near Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Archaeologists who were working on the road discovered an early medieval farm and souterrain (a type of underground tunnel) on top of a hill at Drumadoon, just outside Cloughmills. The farm dated to the year AD 800, making it over 1,200 years old.
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In 2014 work began on building a new dual carriageway, the A26 from Glarryford to the Drones Road, near Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Archaeologists who were working on the road discovered an early medieval farm and souterrain (a type of underground tunnel) on top of a hill at Drumadoon, just outside Cloughmills. The farm dated to the year AD 800, making it over 1,200 years old.
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In 2004, the Northern Ireland Department for Regional Development’s Roads Service began construction work to make the A1 Belfast- Dublin road a dual carriageway as part of the north-south communication improvements.
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The Archaeology of the A1 Road Schemes between Lisburn and Newry.
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The Archaeology of the A4 / A5 Road Improvements Scheme from Dungannon to Ballygawley
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Event takes place on April 21, 2018 until November 10, 2018
Event takes place on May 26, 2018
Event takes place on May 31, 2018
Posted on 8th May 2018
Invitation to Geopark Project Guest Lecture by Dr Kirstin Lemon
Posted on 4th May 2018
Posted on 27th April 2018
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