Theresa McDonald, Managing Director of the
Achill Archaeological Field School, voiced her objections this week over
the Achill-Henge which was built at Pollagh in November by Joe
McNamara. The archaeologist believes that a prehistoric site could be
less than half a kilometer from where Achill-Henge is now standing.
Speaking to The Mayo News,
McDonald said, “We’re worried that there is an archaeological site,
mostly prehistoric, less than half a kilometre from the site. It is
mostly covered by bog, as are a lot of sites in Ireland. There was also
an old railway line from Slieve Mor going through the site of the
so-called ‘henge’ to Purteen Harbour, that’s gone now because of the
unauthorised development.”
The Achill-Henge was constructed in November by architect Joe McNamara and resembles the famous Stonehenge structure.
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