Soaring temperatures in Ireland have revealed a never - before - seen circular characteristic believe to be thousands of years old .
Drone footage taken on July 10 shows the ancient henge visible in a field of crops along a river bed . The feature film was discovered nearBrú na Bóinne , an UNESCO World Heritage Site in Newgrange , Ireland , destine in 1993 to uphold Europe ’s expectant and most important grouping of prehistorical megalithic art that serve social , economic , religious , and funerary functions millennia ago . Here , three burial mounds known as Knowth , Newgrange , and Dowth are surrounded by about 40 satellite passage grave .
Anthony Murphy , who discovered the ancient circle with lensman Ken Williams , toldIrish mediathat the images show features , such as posts and pits , that retain moisture better than the repose of the ground . In these place , the harvest grow faster and healthier than the plants suffering from the drought .
" Myself and Ken Williams of Shadows and Stone imaged some very substantial and previously unrecorded features in the fields near Newgrange this eventide , " Murphy wrote on theMythical ArchaeologyFacebook page . " They depend like elephantine henges or enclosure , very similar in ordered series to Site P , and take shape a row - of - three with P. Have a look at these very exciting photographs . If these turn out to be substantial discovery , then I would be nothing shortsighted of utterly jubilant , chuffed and frantic . ”
The field isreportedlyprivately owned , and when the crops are harvested , the henge will no longer be visible . Muphy say he was “ shaking with upheaval ” after the discovery , and has been discussing the determination with an archeologist . The Department of Culture , Heritage , and the Gaeltacht said they are presently investigating the “ tremendous find ” to serve decide more information about the site , including whether or not experts will be able to excavate it .
The heatwave has revealedother sitesas well , including long - lost British settlements and popish farm and forts more than 1,500 years honest-to-goodness . The last time a heatwave of this order of magnitude strike the realm was in 1976 , at which point capture the features – which can only be consider by atmosphere – would have required an expensive aerial flyover .
