Posted on 11/02/2012 7:36:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A Dublin lecturer has discovered an unknown prehistoric site at the Hill of Tara -- without even leaving his desk!
Aidan O'Sullivan uncovered the 4,000 year old enclosure thanks to Google Earth.
The University College Dublin lecturer was preparing a presentation for his first year students when he noticed the site the traditional seat of Ireland's ancient kings.
O'Sullivan was intrigued by the unfamiliar dark, circular feature in a field photographed by Google Earth.
The Sunday Times reports that the lecturer was able to verify that the soil mark was a large embanked enclosure, dating back 4,000 years.
The reports says the enclosure, between 263ft and 328ft in diameter, is 2,000ft southwest of Rath na Riogh (Fort of Kings) an Iron Age enclosure at the summit of the Hill of Tara used for enthronements and other ceremonies.
The UCD lecturer believes the site was probably used for open-air religious rituals by pagans in the late neolithic era or Bronze Age, about 4,000 years ago.
It may also have served as a burial mound
(Excerpt) Read more at irishcentral.com ...
Fiddle-dee-dee
Those circles look a lot like earthworks (fortifications) to me.
No one noticed THAT before? Its not exactly subtle. I call BS.
Judging from that photograph, the field looks to be well groomed; one can see the furrows made by tractor tires. Obviously, someone has been working this field and must have taken note of these structures. Is O'Sullivan suggesting that farmers have never taken a shovel to these structures?
Here's something that's interesting to look at:
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I found it on Aug. 15th.
The Hell you say!
There seems to also be something black and square at the lower corner with a very sharp square angle.
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