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Bog body found in Co Meath http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1210/1224327682934.html Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by tjj 10th December 2012ce Edited 10th December 2012ce

Rock Art found in Lismullin Souterain Govt fails to protects our heritage at Tara again Yet another find over the past few days of Neolitihic underground chambers has been made at Tara and which have been kept from public knowledge by the Government and the road contractors. For more details see the brief report below... continues... Comments (2)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by bawn79 4th December 2007ce Edited 4th December 2007ce

The Irish Giant Man - the Irish Orion From the Meath Chronicle today: Two researchers have claimed that a huge, human-like depiction present in the road system straddling Meath and Louth could be the world's largest ground-based representation of the constellation of Orion... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by BrigantesNation 3rd March 2004ce Edited 4th March 2004ce

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The High Man - a vast giant in the Irish landscape A 12-mile high warrior figure in the ancient road system near the famous Brú na Bóinne megalithic sites of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth. Could this be a representation of Cúchulainn, the Irish Orion? Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by mythicalireland 19th March 2004ce Edited 29th July 2007ce

Bellewstown (Artificial Mound) — Folklore

The Irish translation given on the OS map sheet 43 for Bellewstown is Baile an Bheileogaigh. Beile or bile is the name given to old inauguration trees. So the town of the inauguration tree of the Ogaigh's (possibly another version of Haughey?) However, on the western approach to the town is a sign that says Sliabh B.(aile) na gCailleach, the Hill of the town of the Hag. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by ryaner 7th April 2013ce

Bellewstown (Artificial Mound) — Fieldnotes

In the townland of Collierstown is this small barrow. It now lies trapped behind the ugly fencing of Bellewstown race-track. This is the entry from the Arch. Inventory of Co. Meath: Oval mound (dims. 17m N-S, 12m E-W, H 1.8m), disturbed by digging SSW-NW. Cist (ME027-029001-) found c. 2m W of mound. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by ryaner 7th April 2013ce

Bellewstown (Artificial Mound) — Images (click to view fullsize)

Posted by ryaner 7th April 2013ce

Greenanstown (Standing Stones) — Folklore

Know locally as the Jack Stones, they are said to have been thrown to here from Tara by the legendary hero Finn MacCool. (Throwing stones seems to have been a rather common habit of old Finn.) Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by ryaner 7th April 2013ce

Greenanstown (Standing Stones) — Fieldnotes

On the way from Bellewstown to Herbertstown I nearly collided with these. They are not marked on the OS map sheet 43. Three large, squat megaliths sit there in the middle of a triangle that splits a y-shaped junction. They are said to be the remains of a stone circle on archaeology.ie but no other details are given. A nice curiosity, though I remembered seeing them on Megalithomania.com some years back. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by ryaner 7th April 2013ce

Greenanstown (Standing Stones) — Images

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Herbertstown (Artificial Mound) — Miscellaneous

From the Arch. Inventory of Co. Meath: Natural rock outcrop to which earthen mantle has been added creating flat-topped mound with a flat-bottomed fosse at its base SE-WSW and accommodated by road W-E (diam. of top 12m, diam. of base c. 24m, H c. 4m). Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by ryaner 7th April 2013ce

Herbertstown (Artificial Mound) — Fieldnotes

Didn't really want to approach this mound, though it is right beside a public right-of-way. The Delvin river here cuts through a small gorge and the mound is placed on a prominent shelf above this on the south side. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by ryaner 7th April 2013ce