5,500-Year-Old Megalithic Tomb Discovered In Ireland Heralded As "The Find Of A Lifetime"
5,500-Year-Old Megalithic Tomb Discovered In Ireland Heralded As "The Find Of A Lifetime"
Jonathan O`Callaghan
Senior Staff Writer
17 July 2018, 17:30
Archaeologists have made an astonishing discovery of a 5,500-year-old megalithic tomb in County Meath, Ireland.
The discovery was made by an agri-technology company called Devenish in partnership with the University College Dublin (UCD). They had been digging at the site for more than a year, and have now revealed their latest exciting finding in the region.
The team discovered two burial chambers hidden under a large stone cairn. Around the cairn they found the remains of six kerbstones, which likely formed the perimeter. One of them was covered in Neolithic carvings. Two other satellite tombs were also found.
“For the archaeologists involved in this discovery, it is truly the find of a lifetime,” Dr Clíodhna Ní Lionáin, Devenish’s lead archaeologist for the project, said in a statement.
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