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Article: Fisherman nets rare medieval cooking pot.
- Article from:
- Kilkenny People (Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- February 7, 2007
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A FISHERMAN at Drumdowney Point has found more than the catch of the day in his fishing nets - you might even call it the catch of six to eight centuries.
Sean Doherty, who lives on the opposite shore in Waterford, was fishing at the south Kilkenny spot about 40 metres from the shore line a year and a half ago, when he noticed in his net what he thought was a flower pot.
On second glance he saw that the pot was unusual in that the bottom was rounded rather than flat like a typical pot of today.
His keen eye for observation has been honed over many years picking up different pieces, and his interest in archaeology has been boosted from watching documentaries and ...