To date, two burial chambers have been discovered within the western part of the main passage.
A MEGALITHIC PASSAGE tomb cemetery dating back some 5,500 years has been unearthed beside Dowth Hall in Co Meath.
The discovery is within the Brú na Bóinne heritage site. The excavation is being carried out by agri-technology company Devenish in partnership with UCD’s School of Archaeology.
More: thejournal.ie/megalithic-passage-tomb-meath-4130419-Jul2018/
Anthony Murphy, founder of Mythical Ireland, made the discovery when flying drones in the Brú na Bóinne area yesterday evening.
A LARGE CIRCULAR enclosure, or henge, has been revealed near the UNESCO World Heritage Site close to Newgrange in Co Meath.
Anthony Murphy, founder of Mythical Ireland, made the discovery when flying drones in the Brú na Bóinne area yesterday evening with photographer Ken Williams.
More: thejournal.ie/newgrange-mythical-ireland-4123238-Jul2018/
Quick fieldnotes for Parknasilogue: This site is in danger of being lost forever. The land that it is on is being sold for housing development under the auspices of NAMA. The old thorn tree that used to stand guard over the chamber is gone and the site is inundated with brambles. See Fourwind’s shots here: megalithomania.com/show/site/16/parknasilog_kist.htm better than my own old ones on TMA. I couldn’t see into the impenetrable brambles to check if the tomb is still extant. In my opinion, this is to be added to a list of a few other endangered sites in the South Dublin/North Wicklow area, all under threat because of the mad dash for housing. Another example is at themodernantiquarian.com/site/1664/laughanstown.html where a new town is already under construction. Remember themodernantiquarian.com/site/1258/brittas.html
I really hope that the tomb/cist is still beneath the foliage.
This site is in danger, if not already recently destroyed.
Experts from the National Museum have begun an investigation into the exciting discovery of four prehistoric gold arm bands they believe date back to the Bronze Age.
The amazingly intact ornaments were found buried together several feet underground at an undisclosed location in Co Donegal earlier this week.
Maeve Sikora, keeper of Irish antiquities at the National Museum of Ireland, credited local Donegal residents for finding the treasures and immediately reporting them to officials at the Donegal County Museum, who in turn alerted them to the find yesterday.
“These people were so helpful and quick to report it,” she said.
The cairn under the mound during excavation.
The ritual pond of the King’s Stables, part of the Emain Maca complex of prehistoric sites.
Part of the entrenchment with explanatory sign.
The earthworks rise up to the right within the tree line.
The hedging is down and the view opened up to the south. I would gladly contribute to the resurrection of this stone.
From on top of the outer defences to the inner enclosure.
The capstone has slipped to the rear and rests on two sidestones. The backstone and one of the portals were still there in 1936 but have since been removed for some reason.
Inside the cist. There are said to be three on this overgrown cairn but this was the only one we could find.
This may the very ruined remains of a court tomb, but there is so little of it left that we may never know.
It’s not that it’s not cared for, it’s just there’s not much to care about. I’d say this is one for the completists only, but even we were disappointed.
On a site-filled day, this one really got to me – unvisited (Fourwinds was there 16 years ago), forlorn in a rushy field, wrecked almost beyond recognition, but still reminding us of what we have been and what we are and where we are going.
The three most prominent stones, the max height is about 1.1 metres. They form part of the north wall of the chamber/gallery.
From the rear of the tomb over the ruined galleries and toward where the court would have been.
A pair of old stones at Cornamucklagh (Cor na muclach
round hill of the piggeries) South.
The remains are in a raised glade in the corner of a field and very hard to figure out the structure.
Part of one of the many ruinous court tombs in Monaghan. There are quite a few stones here, but in such a scattered condition it’s hard to make out what is what.
The last stop on a day trip through East Monaghan and South Armagh, it’s hard to believe that no TMA contributors have been here for 12 years. Ballymacdermot is relatively accessible by the roadside and spectacularly located.
Looking east over the western and eastern subsidiary chambers at the back of the tomb.