Process under way to recatalogue artefacts held in huge archaeology storehouse

The painstaking process of recataloguing and repackaging tens of thousands of historical artefacts is under way at Northern Ireland’s archaeological storehouse.The state-of-the-art, climate-controlled facility in Co Antrim has recently undergone a major refit to double its capacity.Only a small proportion of items recovered from archaeology digs in Northern Ireland ever make it into museums for public display, with the rest preserved and stored elsewhere.