What Next?

As we have already told you that the discovered henge was on the private property and Ireland’s National Monuments Service wasn’t in a hurry as they already know now what it was. They will excavate the site but they won’t rush. After the owner’s permission, the team would again start the excavation in the near future but until then the team would research more about the site with already evidences they gathered during the course of the last investigation.

But Why Delay?

There’s a mythical story among the people of Ireland and especially around the area where the new henge was found. According to the legend, once upon a time, a massive drought was believed to have struck the area, the area which was located underwater in a “magical sea” called the Muirthemne. The legend was so popular in the area that even the researchers didn’t want to play with it. As the drought was already there in the area.

On Social Media

After the discovery, Murphy shared the images of the henge on Facebook where he also wrote the story of the magical sea and the monster who lived there. He wrote, “There was a huge sea turtle or monster in the sea” called the Mata, which lived in the water, until, “[t]he Dagda (sun god) came along and made the water recede, and the monster receded with the water…..”

Special Monuments

This was the first time that a special monument like this was uncovered because of a drought. And because of that reason, the historians received good funding for the whole project. The first time they saw the photos that were taken by the drones the team was left speechless. There was something strange about the discovered henge.

Something Strange

Though there are lots of other ancient structures in the Brú na Bóinne, from the first picture the team could tell that this henge was different. There was a vast difference between the last henges that were found here in Brú na Bóinne. So, what was so different about this henge?

Oldest Henge

After further investigation, the team was sure that the henge they have found was a Stone Age henge. It was the oldest henge ever been found on the Brú na Bóinne. For historians, this discovery was really important as it would tell them more about the Stone Age.