Time travel
Era 1: Mesolithic activity 8500-6700BC
Countryside People
Early post-glacial woodland of mixed pine and hazel with local clearings of grazed grassland.
Totem poles
Four large pits contained upright pine posts - possibly similar to American and Canadian totem poles. The holes were discovered during extension of the visitor car park in 1966 and 1989. The poles probably contained tribal symbols as a mark of respect for dead chiefs. Their locations were an area for ritual and dance, rather than a focus for settlement.
Humans hunted game animals and foraged for fruit and berries. Tools were primitive.