Research published on Thursday details Neolithic Cursus monuments discovered across Ireland.
Research shows that there are Cursus monuments all over Western Europe and Britain, separated by huge banks, ditches, causeways and fences that were once used by the ancient civilizations from which we came. published Published in Kodai magazine. Until the latest research, none of these monuments had been found in Ireland, and at least five of them are “incredibly rare” and could be “paths of the dead” to the afterlife. be.
Researchers used LiDAR remote sensing techniques to generate 3D models of landscapes across Ireland.
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“The focus of my PhD was on targeted geophysical and remote sensing surveys and excavations, but what was crucially missing was a large-scale topographic model of the landscape. It will not only help us integrate all the research that has been done so far, but it will also help us uncover new sites that have been hidden beneath trees and scrub, or have been largely flattened by thousands of years of cultivation.” said study author James O’Driscoll. Said Newsweek.
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As well as the Cursus Monument, Mr O’Driscoll’s research also identified a “giant” Bronze Age hill fort, a new early medieval ring fort and a number of funerary structures from Ireland’s wider history.
“The discovery of the Cursus Monument is particularly important as it is incredibly rare in Ireland,” O’Driscoll continued. “Less than 20 monuments to Cursus have been recorded in Ireland, usually existing alone or in pairs.” (Related: 27,000-year-old pyramids spark huge debate in archeology)
The data also revealed that four out of five monuments coincided with notable solar phenomena. For example, one of his cursuses at Newgrange perfectly coincides with the sunrise on the vernal equinox. O’Driscoll points out that this is no coincidence. Most scholars believe it had a ceremonial role, perhaps related to burial and the passage of the dead to the afterlife. More research is needed to establish the exact usage of these sites.
