Caid Fields , Sometimes Wrong Seyd Fields , Eng. Céide Fields , from irl. Achaidh Chéide is an archaeological site on the north coast of County Mayo in the west of Ireland . The Kade Fields are the largest stone age monument in the world, with the oldest system of agricultural fields. [1] [2] The dating by various methods shows that the fields appeared about 3.5 thousand years BC. e., that is, 5.5 thousand years ago. [3] They are candidates for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List in Ireland [4] .
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Opening
In the 1930s. local school teacher Patrick Caulfield ( English Patrick Caulfield ) found heaps of stones under the peat, which he dug as fuel. The location of the stones was quite correct, systematic, unusual for nature. Caulfield suggested that the stones were set by people. Moreover, the fact that the stones were under a dried-up swamp, said that they were set long enough, even before the appearance of this swamp.
Interest in the fields, however, aroused only forty years later, when Patrick’s son, Seamus, studied archeology and continued research, resulting in a complex of fields, houses and megalithic tombs that had been under peat for a long time. swamps. [five]
Study
In order to preserve the archaeological site and provide opportunities for further study, the area was probed with a metal rod, and a map of the monument was made.
It was found that the creators of the fields lived in an area covered with dense forest. They cut the forest to secure land for plowing and extract timber for building and building fire. The destruction of the forest lasted for quite a long time.
The climate during the cultivation of the fields was much milder than the modern one, which allowed them to be sown and harvested throughout the year. Evidence of this climate are the numerous remains of ancient trees found in the swamp.
For some time the tribes of that time lived well, but as a result of environmental or climatic changes, the soil gradually ceased to be suitable for sowing and became infertile, possibly as a result of the clearing of the surrounding forests.
See also
- Celtic Fields
- Prehistoric Ireland
Notes
- ↑ Ballina, County Mayo - Ireland
- ↑ Céide Fields Visitor Center . Museums of Mayo. The appeal date is February 3, 2009. Archived April 19, 2012.
- Ide Ceide Fields Visitor Center, Ballycastle, County Mayo, West of Ireland Archived July 22, 2011.
- ↑ The Céide Fields and North West Mayo Boglands (Eng.) . Unesco The appeal date is March 11, 2011. Archived April 19, 2012.
- ↑ Museums of Mayo. http://www.museumsofmayo.com/ceide1.htm Retrieved Feb. 25, 2007