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Ancient Stone Age farming hall discovered under Scottish school
Archaeologists have found the remains of an ancient hall at a school in eastern uncovered evidence of the structure on the grounds where two new football pitches were due to be believe that the timber-built building measured 35 metres long by 9 metres wide and was a place where some of Scotland's first farmers gathered for estimate that the hall dates back to the Neolithic period, which was around 4,500-6,000 years ago.
What did experts find?
Glasgow-based Guard Archaeology said it was the largest hall from that era to ever be found in discovered two structures on the site of the football pitches - a smaller hall was also found, measuring 20 metres by 8 metres, next to the larger it, archaeologists found a hearth with the remains of cereal grains and hazel said these were signs that "feasting and celebrating" took place in the building.
Stone tools were also unearthed at the site, which researchers said offered "tantalising traces" of the hall's role in the local community's beliefs and the tools were items made from rocks found in other parts of Scotland, including fragments of Arran pitchstone and smoky quartz from the suggests that the building attracted visitors from far Ballin Smith, one of the co-authors of a new report on the find, explained how important the discovery was."It was fully formed, architecturally sophisticated, large, complex and required skills of design, planning, execution and carpentry," she said.
