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The Zoo is a 55 acre site and there is so much potential, none of which involves bulldozing anything or impinging in any way on the beauty of Cavehill behind it. Educating people on how our ancestors lived, farmed, hunted and died. Reconstructing the crannog and making it part of the wider visitor attraction, as they have done in Scotland, has obvious benefits. “There’s the crannog in the lake in the Zoo.
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But when you dig, literally, into North Belfast’s history there is so much there that we could educate people about and that could be part of a wider strategy to increase tourism in the area, create jobs and sustain livelihoods. She added: “There’s so much history here, so much that’s been forgotten, built over, bulldozed and lost. The Ulster Unionist and former Belfast Councillor says her vision is about reviving long forgotten sites as well as the area’s economic wellbeing. Glamping, touring vans and a Bangor Pickie Park style amusement venue at the site, as well as the literal unearthing of the district’s ancient heritage, are the focus of her hopes for an economic and environmental lift for area. Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston says the crannog, an artificial island thought to date to the Bronze Age, could be a key element in a broader drive to both boost tourism more broadly in North Belfast but also to improve the Zoo’s finances as it currently runs an annual deficit of £2 million. An ancient settlement in the middle of Belfast Zoo’s flamingo lake should be restored as part of a wide-ranging tourism strategy, a community activist says