Irish archaeologists discover a rare 1,600-year-old idol in the Roscommon bog

**PHDNM** · 08-15-2021, 05:31 PM

Irish archaeologists discover a rare 1,600-year-old idol in the Roscommon bog

Aug 14, 2021

A 1,600-year-old wooden pagan idol has been discovered in a bog in Co Roscommon by Irish archaeologists.

This rare artifact made more than 1600 years ago was discovered in the swamp of the town of Gortnacrannagh, 6 kilometers northeast of Rathcroghan, a prehistoric royal site.

The wood carving was discovered by a team of Archaeological Management Solutions (AMS) before the N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge road project, which was funded by the Irish government and managed by the Irish Transport Infrastructure (TII) through the Roscommon County Council.

https://arkeonews.net/irish-archaeol...roscommon-bog/

**Faklon** · 08-15-2021, 05:46 PM

Impressive that it didn't decompose completely.

**~~Komintasavalta~~** · 08-15-2021, 05:49 PM

That's so gay that you have to go back 1,600 years to find idols. In XMAO (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) people still have smaller wooden idols in their home shrines, but I don't know if they carve poles like this anymore:

"The idol on the river Lyapin. Photo by A. Lintrop 1977."
http://www.folklore.ee/~aado/rahvad/mansingl.htm

**Grace O'Malley** · 08-16-2021, 12:38 AM

They are finding lots of ancient sites in Roscommon. The Connachta were the main dynasty in that part of the world. They claimed descent from the ancient High King Conn of the Hundred Battles. Rathcrogan was the traditional capital. Niall of the Nine Hostages was also connected to the Connachta.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connachta

High amount of M222 in Roscommon.