A longboat dating from the Neolithic era has been found in the River Boyne. It has been dated to 3300BC to 2900BC. It was found by fishermen close to Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth passage tombs.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.It would appear that 4 metres is way too short for a longboat. It is obviously a longboat, a significant find none the less.
Happyheretic
Level 7
Nov 26, 2018
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This is the article I found:
[irishexaminer.com]
Title of photo: The initial recovery of the logboat from the river. Text states longboat.
AstralSmoke
Level 8
Nov 23, 2018
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Longboat? or logboat?
Jthurston2
Level 6
Nov 23, 2018
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Or maybe , an over sized surf board .
it looks like a dug out canoe to me
I love even the smallest sense of walking in the shoes of people who lived so long ago.
brentan
Level 8
Nov 23, 2018
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i understand completely i am lucky to live in an area with hundreds of structures dating from the neolithic through the bronze and iron ages right upto tudor and victorian so its a case of pick your poison
Pictures please. Or a link. For those of us to lazy to Google
Count_Viceroy
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Nov 23, 2018
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