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Ceide Fields. Co Mayo
Ceide Fields is off the beaten track, but well worth the effort involved in getting there. An ongoing archeological dig is gradually unfolding a remarkable story of Stone Age life - it is the largest Stone Age settlement in the world.
Photos by Beeltebrox
Covering an area of more than 3000 acres are field systems, dwellings, animal enclosures and tombs dating back more than 5000 years. Artifacts recovered at Ceide Fields are telling a story of a much more advanced lifestyle than anyone previously believed to have existed at the time, with sophisticated use of tools and evidence of a well developed trading system.
What you will see here is the history books being rewritten. The location is utterly unchanged since ancient times, which makes it easy to be transported in your mind back through the millennia.
The exhibits in the visitor centre and the guided tours of the excavations, led by archeology students, are an essential part of a visit to Ceide Fields.
Without the insight the tours provide it is not easy to make sense of what has been revealed here. At first glance there is nothing much to see - with a little direction you begin to see the whole fascinating tapesty emerge.
The centre itself has won a number of architectural awards and is of interest in itself, created from limestone and peat and merging beautifully into its surroundings. In fact arriving is something of a surprise, there seems to be nothing there and then suddenly you are right in the car park!
Getting to Ceide Fields
From Ballina, Co Mayo take the R314 via Kilalla and Ballycastle. Ceide Fields is on this road about 20 miles from Ballina. It is well signposted.
Location Map for Ceide Fields. Co Mayo
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