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FourWinds F
FourWinds May 4, 2007 11:33:33
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... The site is not a double-banked henge, but a double-ringed wood henge dating to 1000bce-400bce according to RC dating.

Excavation has stopped while a descision is made as to whether it is a National Monument or not. If it is deemed so then the motorway route will have to change. Full stop. End of story! (unless they change the law again, but I think this one would be constitutional and so need a referendum.)

The site lies under the entire width of the planned northbound carriageway.

F FourWinds
FourWinds May 4, 2007 11:35:00
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FourWinds wrote:
... The site is not a double-banked henge, but a double-ringed wood henge dating to 1000bce-400bce according to RC dating.
That puts the site contemporary with the currently visible enclosures on Tara, but post-dating the huge wood henge that once stood on the hilltop.

H Hob
Hob May 4, 2007 11:46:19
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FourWinds wrote:
....a National Monument or not.
Bit of a no-brainer there you'd think.

Fingers crossed.

N nigelswift
nigelswift May 4, 2007 11:59:44
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"If it is deemed so then the motorway route will have to change. Full stop. End of story!"

That makes perfect logical sense, yet who would put money on it?

L Littlestone
Littlestone May 4, 2007 12:17:42
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Excavation has stopped while a descision is made as to whether it is a National Monument or not. If it is deemed so then the motorway route will have to change. Full stop. End of story! (unless they change the law again, but I think this one would be constitutional and so need a referendum.)
Perhaps we could employ a similar wheeze at Stonehenge ;-)