Iron Age Cauldron Discovered In Bog |
| Click Here For Our Desi Masala Videos Section |
|
|
  |
Iron Age Cauldron Discovered In Bog |
 Jun 22 2007, 12:40 AM
Post
#1
|
|
|
Playboy!  Group: DDF Grandmaster! Posts: 16,747 Joined: 18-October 06 Member No.: 115,768 Reputation: 49600 pts:   |
Iron Age cauldron discovered in bog:  A routine day cutting turf on the bog ended in a significant discovery for Louisburgh farmer Owen McNally last week, when he unearthed a perfectly intact 2,500-year-old Iron Age cauldron. Mr McNally was hand cutting turf on his bog at Knockeen, near Cregganbaun on the Killeen to Louisburgh Road on May 21 last, when his traditional sléan struck a solid object at 5.20pm. He decided to peel back some layers of peat to investigate the occurrence further and, to his amazement, found the large bowl-like object two feet under the surface. It has since been identified by the National Museum of Ireland’s keeper of antiquities, Eamonn Kelly, as an Iron Age cauldron which would have been used for feasting. It was most likely deposited in the bog as an offering to the gods as part of an ancient kinship or sovereignty ritual. The cauldron, which is six inches deep and has a circumference of one foot at the rim, is hand-carved from wood, though the exact type will have to be determined by experts at a later stage. |
 |
 
|
|
|
|
|
Jun 22 2007, 01:17 AM
Post
#2
|
|
|
Playboy! Group: DDF Grandmaster! Posts: 22,446 Joined: 25-May 06 From: DELHI Member No.: 85,161 Reputation: 83046 pts: |
nice one
|
|
|
|
|
Jun 22 2007, 01:50 PM
Post
#3
|
|
|
RADHEY RADHEY  Group: DDF Master! Posts: 9,433 Joined: 19-May 06 Member No.: 83,395 Reputation: 126038 pts: |
nice share
|
|
|
|
|
Jun 22 2007, 02:57 PM
Post
#4
|
|
|
^Vande Maatram^ Group: DDF Master! Posts: 11,021 Joined: 16-December 05 From: ur heart Member No.: 59,311 Reputation: 55203 pts: |
nice info thanks
|
|
|
|
Similar Topics
| Topic Title | Replies | Topic Starter | Views | Last Action | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
0 | Super Mouse | 43 | 17th October 2008 - 10:45 AM Last post by: Super Mouse |
|||
|
0 | nani99 | 59 | 21st August 2008 - 04:54 PM Last post by: nani99 |
|||
|
0 | zarn | 69 | 4th August 2008 - 03:34 PM Last post by: zarn |
|||
|
0 | kallay | 59 | 2nd May 2008 - 04:35 PM Last post by: kallay |
|||
 |
|
Your Ad Here |
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 22nd November 2008 - 02:44 PM |
