Posted on 07/16/2018 5:47:36 PM PDT by edwinland
The recent heatwave in the UK and Ireland has uncovered ancient archaeological sites that, in some cases, have never been seen before. One such discovery is a henge, or circular enclosure, located 1km from the famous Irish megalithic passage tomb, Newgrange. The henge was discovered by historian Anthony Murphy of Mythical Ireland, who was flying his drone over the Boyne Valley when he spotted a circular shape in the field. It is estimated that this henge was built some 5000 years ago.
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These new discoveries include a Roman fortlet near Magor, which emerged in ripening crops, and cropmarks of a prehistoric or Roman farm near Langstone in Newport. So why does this phenomenon occur during long, hot spells? According to Irish historian Anthony Murphy, when drought conditions occur, whatever residual moisture is in the soil tends to gather in archaeological features, such as those discovered.
“The crop that grows in the archaeological features is getting a tiny bit more moisture than the surrounding crop so it looks greener and more vibrant,” he explains. “The result is that you see an imprint or a “footprint” of the monument on the top of the crops.
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Giorgio Tsoukalos will be pleased.
Bad, bad globull warming.
Phenomenal!
https://www.ctpost.com/news/media/Drought-in-Ireland-Leads-to-Discovery-of-1294652.php
Drought in Ireland Leads to Discovery of Neolithic Henge
https://www.ctpost.com | 7/12/18 | Ken Williams
Posted on 07/12/2018 3:55:20 PM PDT by BBell
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3670476/posts
Great GIFS! - Seems like a good time to completely re-map England and Ireland from the air while the getting is good?
From the pics it seems you don’t need an archelogists’s degree to see where you might want to look - the drought won’t last forever - trust me. ;-)
And the logical conclusion is that 5000 years ago it was a lot warmer than it is now.
Boy! Those druids must have driven some very big rigs and SUV’s!
I was talking about the weather.. not trying to guess the site... just a comment.
Chillax.
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