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Archaeologists uncover megalithic monument thought to be unlike any found in Ireland to date
TheJournal.ie ^ | Friday, June 14, 2019 | Hayley Halpin

Posted on 06/16/2019 11:34:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Carrowmore in the largest cemetery of megalithic tombs in Ireland, with 5,500-year-old passage tombs dating from 3,600 BC.

Archaeologists Dr Marion Dowd and Dr James Bonsall directed the excavation of a site that was formerly known as a barrow.

Barrows are circular earthen monuments surrounded by a circular ditch. These sites typically date to the Bronze Age and Iron Age, ranging from between 4,000 and 1,500 years old.

The excavation has revealed that some unexpected results – that the monument isn’t a barrow at all...

The team found that the circular ditch surrounded a central raised area that consisted of a thick circular layer of stone. Inside this was a sunken area with black, charcoal-rich soils.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: archaeoastronomy; bronzeage; carrowmore; fartyshadesofgreen; godsgravesglyphs; history; ireland; megaliths
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To: Sawdring

for you maybe. :^)


21 posted on 06/17/2019 5:45:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Adder; SunkenCiv; All

Maybe a cremation site?


22 posted on 06/19/2019 12:09:03 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin
These sites tended to get reused by later people, who, by that time, knew nothing about the origin.

23 posted on 06/19/2019 12:13:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Adder
Well, sort of a fire pit.

Here's a young lass in the pit plate before they fired it up!

Erin go bra!

24 posted on 06/19/2019 12:18:40 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
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