Summary: Reconstruction of Typical Mesolithic Dwelling - External View
Key dates:
The first people arrived in Ireland about 7000BC. Before this date the land was heavily forested. These first people were hunter gatherers who were nomadic so their campsites and shelters were only temporary.
Most of these homes seem to have been built on an earth bank and shaped like a wigwam by using pliant saplings which were covered with animal skins or with turf sods.
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