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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Archaeology => Topic started by: Sanguine on June 20, 2019, 01:42:12 am
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AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION in Co Sligo has uncovered a megalithic monument thought to be unlike any found in Ireland to date.
Several prehistoric tools made from a hard stone called chert were discovered and are thought to have been used for activities such as working animal hides, cutting and preparing food, basket food, basket working and bone working.
The discovery was made by a team of archaeologists from IT Sligo during a two-week excavation of a prehistoric monument in the heart of the Carrowmore megalithic complex in Co Sligo...
(https://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/4682890/original/?width=333&version=4682890)
https://www.thejournal.ie/megalithic-monument-sligo-4682855-Jun2019/ (https://www.thejournal.ie/megalithic-monument-sligo-4682855-Jun2019/)
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(https://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/4682890/original/?width=333&version=4682890)
Hmmm.
Is it just me, or ain't megaliths supposed to be bigger than that? :pondering:
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Hmmm.
Is it just me, or ain't megaliths supposed to be bigger than that? :pondering:
I knew I should have put the description in that photo. ****slapping
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I knew I should have put the description in that photo. ****slapping
:silly: :beer: :seeya:
Just pokin fun happy77
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:silly: :beer: :seeya:
Just pokin fun happy77
They're obviously miniliths.
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Hmmm.
Is it just me, or ain't megaliths supposed to be bigger than that? :pondering:
That's what she said...
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They're obviously miniliths.
Is that a thing?
Any smaller they'd be tic-tacs happy77
I wish there were better pics of the site...
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Is that a thing?
Any smaller they'd be tic-tacs happy77
I wish there were better pics of the site...
Yes, it is a thing. (I just looked it up.)
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(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Carrowmore_tomb%2C_Ireland.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrowmore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrowmore)
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Yes, it is a thing. (I just looked it up.)
I'd fancy going over there... kick around near Tara Hill...
There, and around Glastonbury England...
Epic history around there...
But knowing me as I do, I have a better affinity with the Irish and would probably have a hard time finding my way any further. :laugh:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrowmore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrowmore)
Thank you @Elderberry
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(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Carrowmore_tomb%2C_Ireland.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrowmore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrowmore)
Beautiful!
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They're obviously miniliths.
Top notch!