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Either way britain feels like a giant trove of discovery when you pay some attention to popular archaeology.
Interesting how there's also one of those little islands in the same field. Don't know what they're called but I've seen enough Time Team to know they sometimes hide archaeological treasure. Something either too cumbersome to move or something marked for preservation. Either way britain feels like a giant trove of discovery when you pay some attention to popular archaeology.
This constant confusion is really annoying for Irish people.
"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…
Nit, but we know pretty well what the Neolithic structures were for now. It used to be the case that hey were a mystery.
The article starts with: > U.K. archeologists are crediting... And spends the rest of the article citing a researcher from University College Dublin. Ireland is not part of the U.K.
Northern Ireland is a part of the UK
Dublin is in the Republic of Ireland and the capital city.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Northern Ireland is a part of the UK
County Meath (where the "henge" was discovered) is in the Republic of Ireland...which is not Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is a province within the UK created after the partition of Ireland the landmass in 1921. Dublin is in the Republic of Ireland and the capital city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Meath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_Ireland
Davis 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 obt…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
County Meath (where the "henge" was discovered) is in the Republic of Ireland...which is not Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is a province within the UK created after the partition of Ireland the landmass in 1921. Dublin is in the Republic of Ireland and the capital city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Meath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_Ireland
Thanks for being clear about the Republic of Ireland vs the landmass, unlike knolan!
"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…
Nit, but we know pretty well what the Neolithic structures were for now. It used to be the case that hey were a mystery.
a) Probably ritualistic site, of unknown purpose
b) Possible astronomical site
Which would still classify as mysterious to most. Has there been some breakthrough?
This 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)
Davis 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 obt…
If the markings were formerly large wooden posts, those would have decomposed over time and the enriched organic matter simply retains more moisture. Separately, if they had dug trenches and lined with clay or something that retains water, it would still retain more water today. But as these markings are separated, I think it's more likely the first.