Decorated stone found in M3
work
By - Unknown.
An advisory committee from the National Museum is to
examine a decorated stone found in Co. Meath during
archaeological works for the M3 motorway.
The stone was discovered last week during excavations of
an early souterrain, which was being dismantled as part
of the M3 archaeological works at Lismullin in the Gabhra
valley.
The stone is believed to date back to 3,000 or 4,000 BC
and exhibits a series of motifs commonly found in passage
tombs.
According to site archaeologist Mary Deevy, the stone was
not in its original position.
It had been split, she said, and used by medieval
builders as part of the souterrain, an underground
passage. She said it was common for medieval builders to
quarry stone from previous monuments.
© The Irish Times, 5th. December 2007.
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