What is recorded here

On the western side of a field near the Boyne, flint tools scatter beside a sudden break in slope. People chipped stone there during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, long before guns or kingdoms touched the land. The earth kept their sharp edges hidden until modern boots crossed the grass.

A field walking survey in 2000 on the site of the Battle of the Boyne (1690) revealed a number of notable flint concentrations. The material dated broadly to the Neolithic and Early Bronze age periods. This particular concentration is close to a break in slope on the western side of the field. (Cooney et al 2001, 43, Appendix 4, Fig. 11). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 13 February 2012

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