Mount Sandel
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Mount Sandel is an iron age fort in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. In 1973-77, excavations to the east of Mount Sandel found evidence of an early mesolithic site. Radiocarbon dating of this site was between 7010 to 6490 BCE. This makes Mount Sandel the oldest archaeological site in Ireland. These excavations were led by Professor Peter Woodman.
Mount Sandel is situated on a rise overlooking the west bank of the River Bann. The river would have been a source of salmon and eels for the early inhabitants of the area. This diet would have been supplemented by wild pigs and hares. Evidence has been found for circular huts at Mount Sandel, about 7 metres (20 feet) in diameter, made by a ring of sapplings tied together at the top. The centres of these huts were hollowed out for use as fireplaces.
Many flint flakes have been found at Mount Sandel, and can be seen at the Ulster Museum.
[edit] Notable Residents
- Suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams, lived in Ebenezer House, Mountsandel from 1911 to 1916 while attending the Coleraine Academical Institution. He became a general practitioner and worked in Eastbourne from 1922. He was charged in 1957 with the murder of 2 patients but was acquitted. He was, however, suspected of causing the death of 163 other patients.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9
http://www.ballybegvillage.com/archaeology.html http://archaeology.about.com/od/mesolithicarchaic/a/mount_sandel.htm http://www.ulstermuseum.org.uk/the-collections/archaeology/stone-age/early-meso-8000-to-6000-bc/
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