microrobert
09-12-2013, 05:10 AM
New passage-tomb discovery near Newgrange
Details of the “first passage-tomb to be discovered in in Boyne Valley in 200 years” have been reported in the Sept 7 edition of the Meath Chronicle. It was recently discovered along with many other previously unknown features by archaeologists using light detection and ranging imaging (LiDAR).
The archaeologists, led by Kevin Barton, have called for a fully comprehensive research project in order to fully assess the results of the entire LiDAR survey performed in and around the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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New central mound with outer enclosure feature and further elongated feature to the east of the site.
Warranted further investigation
The “new” passage-tomb, on the floodplain of the Boyne southwest of Newgrange, had showed up on LiDAR imagery of the valley, Mr. Barton said. Because of its situation in proximity to the Boyne monuments, it was considered that the feature warranted further work.
The site was given the designation “LP2” by investigating archaeologists. In the LiDAR image it appeared there was a central mound with a circular outer enclosure feature. The enclosure was “faint but identifiable” in the image.
Further work, in the form of ground-probing techniques called Magnetic Gradiometry and Resistivity was carried out, and revealed what appeared to be a weakly defined outer enclosure in addition to a distinct passage/chamber arrangement of the passage-tomb aligned towards the north-northeast.
Archaeologists became excited about the central mound, which they said “appears to show a clear passage and chamber arrangement with splayed terminals at the NNE. The central mound is clearly identifiable and measures c. 30m in diameter. This strongly suggests that the feature represents a hitherto unknown passage tomb.”
Save Newgrange (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Newgrange-from-the-N2-Slane-Bypass/150542504965223?ref=hl) is calling on Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan, to designate the tomb a national monument in order to ensure its protection, as it lies on private land south of Newgrange, near the Boyne river.
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/boyne1.jpg (http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/boyne1.jpg)
Magnetic gradiometry of Site LP2 with resistivity overlay. Note weakly defined outer enclosure and passage/ chamber arrangement aligned in NE/SW direction.
Read more here: Mythical Ireland (http://blog.mythicalireland.com/2013/08/first-passage-tomb-discovered-in-boyne_7705.html)
Boyne Valley Landscapes Project Phase III Summary Report (http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/INSTAR_Database/AR01047_Boyne_Valley_Summary_Report_10.pdf)
New passage-tomb discovery near Newgrange : Archaeology News from Past Horizons (http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2013/new-passage-tomb-discovery-near-newgrange)
Details of the “first passage-tomb to be discovered in in Boyne Valley in 200 years” have been reported in the Sept 7 edition of the Meath Chronicle. It was recently discovered along with many other previously unknown features by archaeologists using light detection and ranging imaging (LiDAR).
The archaeologists, led by Kevin Barton, have called for a fully comprehensive research project in order to fully assess the results of the entire LiDAR survey performed in and around the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site.
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/boyne2.jpg (http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/boyne2.jpg)
New central mound with outer enclosure feature and further elongated feature to the east of the site.
Warranted further investigation
The “new” passage-tomb, on the floodplain of the Boyne southwest of Newgrange, had showed up on LiDAR imagery of the valley, Mr. Barton said. Because of its situation in proximity to the Boyne monuments, it was considered that the feature warranted further work.
The site was given the designation “LP2” by investigating archaeologists. In the LiDAR image it appeared there was a central mound with a circular outer enclosure feature. The enclosure was “faint but identifiable” in the image.
Further work, in the form of ground-probing techniques called Magnetic Gradiometry and Resistivity was carried out, and revealed what appeared to be a weakly defined outer enclosure in addition to a distinct passage/chamber arrangement of the passage-tomb aligned towards the north-northeast.
Archaeologists became excited about the central mound, which they said “appears to show a clear passage and chamber arrangement with splayed terminals at the NNE. The central mound is clearly identifiable and measures c. 30m in diameter. This strongly suggests that the feature represents a hitherto unknown passage tomb.”
Save Newgrange (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Newgrange-from-the-N2-Slane-Bypass/150542504965223?ref=hl) is calling on Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan, to designate the tomb a national monument in order to ensure its protection, as it lies on private land south of Newgrange, near the Boyne river.
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/boyne1.jpg (http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/boyne1.jpg)
Magnetic gradiometry of Site LP2 with resistivity overlay. Note weakly defined outer enclosure and passage/ chamber arrangement aligned in NE/SW direction.
Read more here: Mythical Ireland (http://blog.mythicalireland.com/2013/08/first-passage-tomb-discovered-in-boyne_7705.html)
Boyne Valley Landscapes Project Phase III Summary Report (http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/INSTAR_Database/AR01047_Boyne_Valley_Summary_Report_10.pdf)
New passage-tomb discovery near Newgrange : Archaeology News from Past Horizons (http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2013/new-passage-tomb-discovery-near-newgrange)