Archaeology

Items

Rhendhoo Flint Scatter
A scatter of about 30 early prehistoric flints, including cores, flakes, blades, a scraper and waste.
Rhendhoo Flint Scatter
The findspot of a Mesolithic flint scatter. The pieces collected included worked flints, blades, flakes and flint waste of Heavy-blade or Bann type. Some charcoal was also found. The site appears to have been disturbed by the re-alignment of a later hedge or ditch.
Rhendhoo Iron Working Site
A small scale emergency excavation at this location by Dr. Larch S. Garrad in 1984-85 revealed an Iron Age cooking place and an iron-smelting site thought to be associated with a settlement.
Rhendhoo Iron Working Site
Reportedly an Iron Age iron-smelting site.
Rhendhoo Iron Working Site
Reportedly an Iron Age iron-smelting site.
Rhendhoo Lhen Cooking Place
The findspot of a collection of early prehistoric flint artefacts which included flakes, blades and some waste, some of which were of Mesolithic Heavy-blade type.  Other artefacts found here included a slate disc, a pebble rubbing stone, cremated bone and fragments of bone, timber, twigs and charcoal from a burnt mound.
Rhendhoo Lhen Crop Mark
The crop marks of a linear feature, possibly a trackway, which leads to a single ring flanked by two double rings.
Rhendhoo Lhen Flint Scatter
The findspot of a scatter of Mesolithic flints.
Rhendhoo Lhen Flint Scatter
The findspot of a scatter of Mesolithic flints.
Rhendhoo Lhen Flint Scatter
The findspot of a scatter of Mesolithic flints. The site was visited by Mr Alan Skillan on 18 July 1983 and 17 April 1984. The collection includes Heavy-blade waste-flakes, cores and blades.
Rhendhoo Lhen Flint Scatter
The findspot of a scatter of early prehistoric flint artefacts.
Rhendhoo Lhen Flint Scatter
The findspot of a scatter of early prehistoric flint artefacts.
Rhendhoo Lhen Flint Scatter
The findspot of a collection of early prehistoric flint artefacts which included flakes, blades and some waste, some of which were of Mesolithic Heavy-blade type.  They appear to be associated with a burnt mound (PRN 1438.00).
Rhendhoo Lhen Flint Scatter
A scatter of Mesolithic flints, including a Heavy-blade type flakes, blades, cores and a tanged implement.
Rhendhoo Lhen Flint Scatter
The findspot of a scatter of early prehistoric flint artefacts.
Rhendhoo Lhen Flint Scatter
A scatter of over 70 Mesolithic flints, including a microlithic core, flakes, blades, a single scraper and waste.
Rhendhoo Lhen Flint Scatter
The findspot of a scatter of more than 40 early prehistoric flints including flakes, blades and cores, including some Mesolithic Heavy-blade type pieces. The site was visited by Mr Alan Skillan on 1 February 1984.
Rhendhoo Lhen Flint Scatter
The findspot of a scatter of early prehistoric flints including flakes, blades, a thumbnail scraper and waste. The site was visited by Mr Alan Skillan on 12 July 1983.
Rhendhoo Lhen Flint Scatter
The findspot of a scatter of Mesolithic flints.
Rhendhoo Lhen Settlement
The findspot of a collection of early prehistoric artefacts which included a jet finger ring, slate implements and stone objects, found during excavation and fieldwalking.  Some later iron objects were also found. Some of the finds were made by Mr Allanson.
Rhendhoo Settlement
A small scale emergency excavation was carried out at this location by Dr. Larch S. Garrad in 1984-85.
Rhendhoo Settlement
A small scale emergency excavation at this location by Dr. Larch S. Garrad in 1984-85.
Rhendhoo West Flint Scatter
The findspot of 19 flint pieces including a round-ended scraper, flakes and blades, a number of which were chalky white in colour.  The site was visited by Mr Alan Skillan.
Rhendhoo West Flint Scatter
A scatter of about 40 Mesolithic flints, including cores, flakes, blades and chips. They were found near the banks of the Loughcroute Drain on 28 April 1984. The site was visited by Mr Alan Skillan.
Rhendhoo West Flint Scatter
An excavation undertaken by Dr Larch S. Garrad on 30 January 1985 revealed a shallow ditch, post holes, a hearth stone as well as iron slag scattered over a 20 metre area.  Flint and utilised stone were also recovered from the same field.