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Posted by ryaner25th August 2023ce |
Knockiveagh (Cairn(s)) — Links |
Friends of Knock Iveagh - Ulster Archaeological Society Discovery Conference 2021Breathing Life into the Embers at Knock Iveagh - The Importance of Community Guardianship in Protecting Heritage at Risk. The Friends of Knock Iveagh came together in September 2017 following the discovery of the erection of an unauthorised telecommunications mast and flawed Planning Approval for a single wind turbine adjacent to a Scheduled Neolithic hilltop burial cairn on Knock Iveagh, Rathfriland, Co. Down. The Friends are a group comprising working parents with a shared interest in archaeology, Gaelic history, Irish mythology, built heritage, and music. This video explains the background to our campaign & the importance of Knock Iveagh as the central point of a ritual landscape. It also details the many challenges we have faced as a community group navigating #systemfailni , provides information about new research into the area by Eamonn Kelly and gives details of the Friends' significant new archaeological discoveries in South Down. #saveknockiveagh Copyright and All Rights Reserved |
Posted by ryaner 13th April 2023ce |
The sound of an Iron Age trumpet returns to Knock Iveagh after 2,000 years!The Friends of Knock Iveagh are proud to share the first sounding of the ‘Ardbrin Trumpet’ at Knock Iveagh in over 2,000 years. Help us #saveknockiveagh here: https://chng.it/pGrSBNtg The enormous 8 foot-long trumpet, which was found in a bog 2km from the hill during the 19th century, now resides in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. It is believed that it would have been played for the inaugurations of tribal ‘kings’ on Knock Iveagh. The event was organised by the Friends of Knock Iveagh to highlight the importance of the monument, which is protected by law. In 2017 a wind turbine was erected on Knock Iveagh following a flawed planning process during which heritage experts were not consulted. Developers are now attempting to prevent locals & members of the public from accessing the site for the first time in its 6,000 year history. The Friends of Knock Iveagh are campaigning for the removal of the unlawful wind turbine development, and for the site to be taken into State Care, and they are asking supporters to sign and share this online petition: https://chng.it/pGrSBNtg THANK YOU! |
Posted by ryaner 13th April 2023ce |
Knockiveagh (Cairn(s)) — News |
Energy firm to fight notice over disputed wind turbine on site of Neolithic burial site KnockIveaghCouncil wants structures removed from historic site which was also used for the coronation of early medieval kings Ciaran O'Neill December 11 2022 10:27 AM A long-running dispute over the erection of a wind turbine at a historic site in Co Down has taken a new twist. The turbine was erected on the top of Knock Iveagh near Rathfriland in 2017. Heritage campaigners were furious planning permission had been granted for the turbine on a 5,000-year-old Neolithic burial site which was also used for the coronation of early medieval kings. It has now emerged the company which owns the turbine, Ayr Power Ltd, has been served with an enforcement notice by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council (ABC) to remove some of the structures associated with the turbine. If the structures are removed, it is understood the turbine would be unable to continue operating. However, the Sunday Independent has learned Ayr Power Ltd has lodged an appeal against the order with the Planning Appeals Commission. More: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/energy-firm-to-fight-notice-over-disputed-wind-turbine-on-site-of-neolithic-burial-site-at-knock-iveagh-42211421.html |
Posted by ryaner 14th December 2022ce |
Ballynahatty (Standing Stone / Menhir) — Images |
 
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Posted by ryaner 29th September 2022ce |
The Giant's Ring (Passage Grave) — Images |
 
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Posted by ryaner 29th September 2022ce |
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