Crop circle reveals ancient ‘henge’ monument buried in Ireland
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Re: Crop circle reveals ancient ‘henge’ monument buried in Ireland
#2Fake news. They're just water ditches. Ditches contain more water than higher ground = greener plants in ditches.
Re: Crop circle reveals ancient ‘henge’ monument buried in Ireland
#3Fake news. They're just water ditches. Ditches contain more water than higher ground = greener plants in ditches.
> The structure was spotted this week by drone enthusiasts recording footage over the Newgrange historic site in Boyne Valley, County Meath. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to several 5,000-year-old circular structures from the Neolithic era, many of which remain buried underground.
Add in the fact that these are educated researchers, and the odds seem pretty good that this is more than just a really weird circular water ditch with a segmented appearance.
Re: Crop circle reveals ancient ‘henge’ monument buried in Ireland
#4Looks like this is the location on Google Maps: https://www.google.nl/maps/@53.6885648,-6.4832216,763m/data=...
Re: Crop circle reveals ancient ‘henge’ monument buried in Ireland
#5"Henge" meaning "big round structure of unknown function with ditch on the inside of a bank."
Several sites are presented, in close proximity. At least one appears to be mostly earthwork, and could be a classic "henge". In the most interesting one, I see no evidence of ditch or bank, just postholes and trenches in concentric circles. This one may be a large circular building. Of course, crop marks provide fairly limited information.
Re: Crop circle reveals ancient ‘henge’ monument buried in Ireland
#6Fake news. They're just water ditches. Ditches contain more water than higher ground = greener plants in ditches.
> The structure was spotted this week by drone enthusiasts recording footage over the Newgrange historic site in Boyne Valley, County Meath. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to several 5,000-year-old circular structures from the Neolithic era, many of which remain buried underground. Add in the fact that these are educated researchers, and the odds seem pretty good that this is more than just a really weird cir…
Add to that the fact that this area is dense with Neolithic remains: this is just one more to add to the list. And in Ireland there is no tradition of circular irrigation structures, let alone interrupted circles! It could, of course, be a unique and bizarre folly from a more recent period. But given the location and the fact that henges are a known phenomenon, that can really be ruled out.
Re: Crop circle reveals ancient ‘henge’ monument buried in Ireland
#7That looks extremely circular.
I'm not sure the association with "crop circles" aids credibility.
Re: Crop circle reveals ancient ‘henge’ monument buried in Ireland
#8This discovery was possible by the current draught conditions in Ireland that's close to reaching the 1 month mark without rain (which in Ireland's terms is as rare as rain in the desert, if not rarer)
Re: Crop circle reveals ancient ‘henge’ monument buried in Ireland
#9"Henge" meaning "big round structure of unknown function with ditch on the inside of a bank." Several sites are presented, in close proximity. At least one appears to be mostly earthwork, and could be a classic "henge". In the most interesting one, I see no evidence of ditch or bank, just postholes and trenches in concentric circles. This one may be a large circular building. Of course, crop marks provide fairly limi…
The use of the word 'henge' in the title is probably fine because it includes the meaning "Neolithic earthwork" but 'crop circle' and 'monument' are just journalistic click-bait.
Re: Crop circle reveals ancient ‘henge’ monument buried in Ireland
#10Davis says the buried structure caused the drought-stricken plants above ground to ripen at different rates, because the earth was deeper in some places than in others. This created a green-and-brown pattern in the plants that corresponded to the buried ruins.
Can someone please explain why this is the case? Is it because plants try to grow their roots deeper during droughts in order to access water that can't be obtained at the surface?