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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bremore PortCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Meath Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Balbriggan Nearest Village: Bremore
Latitude: 53.630295N Longitude: 6.191178W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
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“The tombs at Bremore are of an earlier date than that of Newgrange and Fourknocks. They are very early Neolithic and this has been recorded before,” said local historian Brendan Matthews.
“The tombs are only the start of the archaeology in the area. I walk the fields there regularly and I have collected bags of flint objects including scrapers and arrowheads.”
An archaeological excavation undertaken in 1840 on a tomb at Knocknagin at the Delvin River uncovered a number of early Neolithic finds and stones around the tomb had no drawings engraved on them pointing to an earlier date than that of Newgrange.
Finds in the area point to Bremore being one of the first ever sites of Neolithic settlement in Ireland.
Due to its closeness to Anglesey Island, Ireland would have been the most logical next stop for Neolithic people looking to settle on other lands.
“There are tombs in Anglesey that are of the same type and roughly in the same timeframe as the ones at Bremore,” said Brendan.
The E300 million development was given the green light by the government after the Transport and Marine Minister Noel Dempsey stated that he intended to give permission to the Drogheda company.
Last week Drogheda Port Company officially announced its partnership with Castle Market Holdings Ltd. for the development.
But according to Brendan if archaeological surveys go ahead on the lands at Bremore, there will be no chance of the port being completed by 2012.
“From an archaeological point of view, it would take a number of years for comprehensive surveys to be carried out on the land. I was told by an archaeologist that one single tomb at Bremore would take a good part of two years to excavate and record.”
“Even to record the amount of flint in the area would take a number of years due to seasonal ploughing of the land,” he said.
Anthony Murphy of www.mythicalireland.com said, “The remnants of the passage tombs at Bremore are Neolithic and are on the same timeline as Newgrange.”
“These are no ordinary fields, it has been recorded that there is significant archaeology on the land.”
Brendan has raised the point that this part of the East coast is a very important area for the whole of Ireland and something should be done to highlight this fact.
“Due to the amount of flint objects being upturned by ploughing in the fields, many archaeologists believe that this area was a major flint producing community and there is a possibility of there being a Neolithic flint producing village on the land.”
“With the port company introducing a passenger ferry service from Bremore, passengers should roll off the ferry and straight into an interpretive centre highlighting the local heritage of the area,” Brendan added.
The Drogheda Leader contacted the Drogheda Port Company but they were unavailable for comment at the time of print.
Source: Drogheda Leader
Note: An Taisce hails ruling on port expansion see comment.
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