[Stones] Some good Tara news

[Ric]

GOOD FOR TARA!

Thanks Tim

;-)

Ric

--- Tim P <thehermitoftillywhim at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> Very surprised this isn't more widely circulated
> 
> Tim
> 
> BBC News
> Last Updated: Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 19:33 GMT 20:33
> UK
>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6613729.stm
> 
> Work on the controversial M3 motorway in County
> Meath near Tara has
> been halted after the discovery of a highly
> significant archaeological
> find.
> The project has been bitterly opposed by
> environmental campaigners.
> They are opposed to the route because of its
> proximity to the historic
> sites of Tara and Skryne.
> The find is thought to be the size of several
> football fields and is a
> circular structure used possibly for ceremonies in
> ancient times.
> On Monday, Irish Transport Minister Martin Cullen
> turned the first sod
> on the huge motorway project.
> However, only one day later it has been halted by
> Environment Minister
> Dick Roche
> Environmentalists and historians warned that the
> Hill of Tara and its
> ancient burial site in County Meath was too
> important to be tampered
> with.
> The M3 is set to be built near the existing
> Enniskillen to Dublin road,
> which can be gridlocked at peak times.
> The National Roads Authority had argued that the
> motorway was needed
> because it can currently take up to two hours to
> travel the 25 miles
> between Navan and Dublin.
> However, some historians objected to its route past
> an area which they
> view as a treasure trove of archaeological finds and
> Ireland's
> equivalent of the Egyptian Valley of the Dead.
> Tara, known as Temair, was once the ancient seat of
> power in Ireland -
> 142 kings are said to have reigned there in
> prehistoric and historic
> times.
> In ancient Irish religion and mythology Temair was
> the sacred place of
> dwelling for the gods, and was the entrance to the
> otherworld.