UCC archaeology team recreates 2,400-year-old Iron Age logboat

UCC archaeology team recreates 2,400-year-old Iron Age logboat

The short film documents how an oak tree was felled and carved into a replica of an Iron Age logboat and launched on Lough Corrib beneath which the original ancient boat still lies.  Pictures: Brian Mac Domhnaill

The painstaking recreation of a 2,400-year-old Iron Age boat by a UCC archaeology team features in a new film which is now available to view online.

The team has reconstructed a replica of an ancient 7.5m long, 0.61m wide logboat, which was discovered at the bottom of Lough Corrib, Co Galway, some years ago.

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