Cavehill

The approximately 370 m high Cavehill (also Cave Hill or Ben Madigan, irish Beann Uamha or Beann Madadháin ), a basalt mountain on the outskirts of Belfast in Northern Ireland, was already 9000 years ago sought out by people. The tracks, however, were covered in the last 2000 years of peat and heather.

The Cairn

On the summit of Cave Hill, a large Neolithic cairn is about 16 m in diameter and 1.15 m in height, which is almost completely covered with peat.

The Dun

Near the entrance to the " Cave Hill Country Park ," at the Hightown Road, Cashel, one with a circular wall of about 40 m in diameter made ​​of dry walls. Inside there is a rectangular structure of about 9 x 12 m, which may represent a later addition. It is believed that the remains from the 8th century date.

McArts Fort

Historically, little is known about McArts Fort. It has about 50 m in diameter and is surrounded by an earthen wall and ditch, which is eroded by road construction and natural processes. Despite its name, it can not have been mounting since it is too small and no water supply has. Instead, it is likely to have had a ritual purpose in the Neolithic period. There are indications that McArts fort was damaged by vandalism of treasure hunters.

The caves

The five caves were described in detail in 1902 in the " Ulster Journal of Archaeology ". Since they are artificial, but nothing has been found in them, little is known.

Crannog

The remains of a crannog in the grounds of Belfast Zoo were covered with earth. As the zoo grounds were created, the dried lake was restored. It was decided to preserve the structure of the Crannogs, which probably belongs to the late Bronze Age, 1500-500 BC, for future archaeological excavations.

Rath and souterrain

1947, workers discovered in Shaneen Park, off the Upper Cave Hill Road, a council and a basement. The excavator E. Estyn Evans is of the opinion that it is dated to about 900 AD. The re-excavation in 1958 revealed a second period of use in the 12th or 13th century. The council is about 30 meters wide and is located on private land.

Small finds

In 1993, a golden brooch on the side of a gravel path was found to the summit. The Ulster Museum, determined in a three-day excavation that it belongs in the period 1000-700 BC. These excavations also uncovered about 30 cm from the fibula to an early medieval stove. We have not found artifacts from the Neolithic and early medieval pottery.