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Megalithics M
Megalithics Sep 23, 2010 20:00:15
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
They do sound good . Have they done Meath ? if so , we could compare the passage s of Knowth and Newgrange as they are the only passages that I feel have been surveyed accurately enough with purely that aspect in mind rather than as part of an archaeological survey .
Nope, Meath was missed too. We were surprised, we thought they would have STARTED with Meath!

Most of the volumes were authored by Sean O'Nuallain, the senior archaeologist of the Irish Ordnance Survey until 1991, maybe that's why the plans are so detailed.

Maggie & Keith

T tiompan
tiompan Sep 23, 2010 19:51:00
Replying to Megalithics

Megalithics wrote:
tiompan wrote:
They do sound good . Have they done Meath ? if so , we could compare the passage s of Knowth and Newgrange as they are the only passages that I feel have been surveyed accurately enough with purely that aspect in mind rather than as part of an archaeological survey .
Nope, Meath was missed too. We were surprised, we thought they would have STARTED with Meath!

Most of the volumes were authored by Sean O'Nuallain, the senior archaeologist of the Irish Ordnance Survey until 1991, maybe that's why the plans are so detailed.

Maggie & Keith

Ah well, not to worry maybe one day .

B bawn79
bawn79 Sep 24, 2010 10:57:24
Replying to Megalithics

Megalithics wrote:
tiompan wrote:
They do sound good . Have they done Meath ? if so , we could compare the passage s of Knowth and Newgrange as they are the only passages that I feel have been surveyed accurately enough with purely that aspect in mind rather than as part of an archaeological survey .
Nope, Meath was missed too. We were surprised, we thought they would have STARTED with Meath!

Most of the volumes were authored by Sean O'Nuallain, the senior archaeologist of the Irish Ordnance Survey until 1991, maybe that's why the plans are so detailed.

Maggie & Keith

Sorry Folks, I hadn't heard of these before. Do you have any link to them on the net, just to get an idea of what they look like.

Thanks

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