Ancient Longboat in Ireland?LISACUL, IRELAND—The Irish Independent reports that a 12-

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"LISACUL, IRELAND—The Irish Independent reports that a 12-year-old boy discovered the remains of a wooden longboat while wading in a lake in north-central Ireland’s County Roscommon. The vessel may have been built as early as the Neolithic period or as late as the Middle Ages. There is one crannóg, or artificial island, in the lake, which may have been connected to a river thousands of years ago. The boy and his family contacted the Underwater Archaeology Unit of Ireland’s Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht after removing the 17- and one-half-foot piece of wood from the water. The officials advised the family members to return the ancient artifact to the water to help preserve it."
 
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"LISACUL, IRELAND— The Irish Independent reports that a 12-year-old boy discovered the remains of a wooden longboat while wading in a lake in north-central Ireland’s County Roscommon. The vessel may have been built as early as the Neolithic period or as late as the Middle Ages. There is one crannóg, or artificial island, in the lake, which may have been connected to a river thousands of years ago. The boy and his family contacted the Underwater Archaeology Unit of Ireland’s Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht after removing the 17- and one-half-foot piece of wood from the water. The officials advised the family members to return the ancient artifact to the water to help preserve it."

Interesting news about prehistoric naviagation, a very important human discovery not always recognised. The log-boat (a boat made from a hollowed tree) was around 5.5 m length. Several logboats have been securely dated in Ireland as early as the Early Bronze Age (c.2500 BC). Some of them with about 12 m with a large crew of 10-12 men. Another type, sewn-plank boats were large boats, up to 18 m in length with room for a crew of 20 or more, and with a greater freeboard than logboats; overall they are likely to have been capable of successful seafaring journeys.
 

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