Significant archaeological 6000 year old tools found in Scotland

The Tarradale Through Time project, is a North of Scotland Archaeology Society (NOSAS) led project that commenced in 2017. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic Environment Scotland as well as private donors, it encourages community engagement with archaeology in the Highlands of Scotland. They have been investigating the history of continuous occupation from the very first settlers through to the end of subsistence agriculture in the Black Isle (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean Dubh), a peninsula within Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish Highlands.

In investigating Mesolithic life in this area of Scotland, tools made from red deer antler have been found that are believed to be around 6,000-years-old. The two large axes and a harpoon were found on a raised beach at Tarradale on the Black Isle, which is the location of a late Mesolithic settlement overlooking the Beauly Firth. The Tarradale Through Time Blog recently reported on the Scottish and  international significance of the find in an article "MUIR OF ORD’S EARLIEST SETTLERS." The finds give an important understanding of the life of Mesolithic people over a little known period of human habitation in this area of Scotland.