Flint Scrapers
In a Cist grave discovered in Cloonteen two pieces of flint were found in among cremated bones. When analysed this
flint was found to date back to about 1700BC and may have been imported into the area as flint is a hard rock
normally associated with volcanic areas such as Antrim. Flint was used exclusively in Stone Age
times as scrapers, arrow heads and for lighting fires. It is a very hard stone with a sharp edge when
broken. Smaller flints were used for scraping meat from animal skins. The larger flints where often
rounded or polished to make clubs or axes. This is believed to be the earliest record of people living in
the Kilconly area.
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