![]() Since this fort presumably had chieftains, it is assumed that they most probably consulted druids for guidance. This claim is derived from the fact that between 2,500 BC and 500 BC the Bronze Age fort of Dún Cruadha was established on the current site of Blackwater Castle. ![]() Just like almost every historic site in Ireland, the castle website maintains the area was at one time occupied by “Druids and Chieftains.” But with almost no records existing about the druids in Ireland, how could the current owners possibly know this? ( Christie’s International Real Estate ) Here Comes the “Druids” Bit These two discoveries suggest the site was reoccupied continually between 8,000 BC and the present day.īlackwater Castle in Ireland is an Irish castle built on a site with a 10,000-year history. Within them archaeologists excavated a “the jawbone of a Neolithic woman and Bronze-Age copper axes” which are all kept in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. These artifacts are now housed in the National Museum of Ireland.įurthermore, a series of caves were identified on the south bank of the River Awbeg in the 1990s. ![]() ![]() This was made evident by the 1990s discovery of a flint scatter on the castle grounds that was dated to between 8,000 and 10,000 years old. ( Christie’s International Real Estate ) Irish Castle and its 10,000 Years of Human Occupationīlackwater Castle’s official website informs that around 10,000 years ago the site on which the Irish castle was built was occupied by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers. Blackwater Castle is an Irish castle which has come up for sale. ![]()
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