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In
November of 1968 when a group of
new bungalows was being built at
Riverdale on the Ballycorr Road
in Ballyclare an interesting
discovery was made. The foreman,
William Geary unearthed a hoard
of 39 worked flints. Twenty two
were perfectly shaped flint arrow
heads and the rest were blanks
ready to be finished indicating
that an industry existed here
four thousand years ago. It is
probable the arrowheads were
traded and the site is near a
crossing place on the Six Mile
River where a trail
existed.
When
the find was featured in the
video "Places from the Past" a
sequence was shot at the Ulster
Museum where they are now
displayed. The Curator of
Antiquities later brought the
flints back to Ballyclare for a
meeting of Ballyclare &
District Historical
Society.
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