Dr. Muiris O’Sullivan

And these are probably the two finest, most, the finest pieces of megalithic art in the Boyne Valley.

And these are probably the two finest, most, the finest pieces of megalithic art in the Boyne Valley.

And these are probably the two finest, most, the finest pieces of megalithic art in the Boyne Valley.

Well, I think to start, if Newgrange had been excavated in recent times and were then reconstituted, so to speak, or reinstated, we would not have that quite quartz wall. Because the system nowadays or the philosophy behind reinstating monuments after excavation is that you put it back the way you found it.

Well, I think to start, if Newgrange had been excavated in recent times and were then reconstituted, so to speak, or reinstated, we would not have that quite quartz wall. Because the system nowadays or the philosophy behind reinstating monuments after excavation is that you put it back the way you found it.

Well, I think to start, if Newgrange had been excavated in recent times and were then reconstituted, so to speak, or reinstated, we would not have that quite quartz wall. Because the system nowadays or the philosophy behind reinstating monuments after excavation is that you put it back the way you found it.

You don't try to interpret how it might have looked originally on the basis that the whole life story of the site is important. But at the time, there were very good reasons for reconstituting it in this way at the time. This was back in the 60s and 70s. O'Kelly conducted engineering experiments with engineers on how the wall might have stood and fallen and so on.

You don't try to interpret how it might have looked originally on the basis that the whole life story of the site is important. But at the time, there were very good reasons for reconstituting it in this way at the time. This was back in the 60s and 70s. O'Kelly conducted engineering experiments with engineers on how the wall might have stood and fallen and so on.

You don't try to interpret how it might have looked originally on the basis that the whole life story of the site is important. But at the time, there were very good reasons for reconstituting it in this way at the time. This was back in the 60s and 70s. O'Kelly conducted engineering experiments with engineers on how the wall might have stood and fallen and so on.

And he related that to what he found on the ground. And he certainly found all of that quartz on the ground, more or less in front of the curb at Newgrange. And the way it was sort of wedged in a sort of a wedge shape, so to speak, thinning out as it went out, suggested it had fallen from above to him. Now, it's very controversial and people have queries and questions and so on.

And he related that to what he found on the ground. And he certainly found all of that quartz on the ground, more or less in front of the curb at Newgrange. And the way it was sort of wedged in a sort of a wedge shape, so to speak, thinning out as it went out, suggested it had fallen from above to him. Now, it's very controversial and people have queries and questions and so on.

And he related that to what he found on the ground. And he certainly found all of that quartz on the ground, more or less in front of the curb at Newgrange. And the way it was sort of wedged in a sort of a wedge shape, so to speak, thinning out as it went out, suggested it had fallen from above to him. Now, it's very controversial and people have queries and questions and so on.

The interesting thing is that, as you mentioned there, that coarse wall has become so much part of Newgrange in the consciousness of people across the world at this stage. that probably it has to be left there, you know, that it was of its time. It was a way of restoring a monument at the time.

The interesting thing is that, as you mentioned there, that coarse wall has become so much part of Newgrange in the consciousness of people across the world at this stage. that probably it has to be left there, you know, that it was of its time. It was a way of restoring a monument at the time.

The interesting thing is that, as you mentioned there, that coarse wall has become so much part of Newgrange in the consciousness of people across the world at this stage. that probably it has to be left there, you know, that it was of its time. It was a way of restoring a monument at the time.

And in fairness, all of this quartz was found there, and indeed those rounded stones that are found amongst the quartz, they were all found on site, on the ground in front of the kerbstone. The one thing that might be of interest is that O'Keddie did point out that he did find stones on tops of the kerbstones.

And in fairness, all of this quartz was found there, and indeed those rounded stones that are found amongst the quartz, they were all found on site, on the ground in front of the kerbstone. The one thing that might be of interest is that O'Keddie did point out that he did find stones on tops of the kerbstones.

And in fairness, all of this quartz was found there, and indeed those rounded stones that are found amongst the quartz, they were all found on site, on the ground in front of the kerbstone. The one thing that might be of interest is that O'Keddie did point out that he did find stones on tops of the kerbstones.

In an excavation I conducted myself at Knock Row in County Kilkenny, there was one particular kerbstone that had split, you know, and the front half of it had fallen forward, rather like a kebab, you know, sort of. And the filling of the space between the front half of that kerbstone and the back half of it was all clean white quartz.

In an excavation I conducted myself at Knock Row in County Kilkenny, there was one particular kerbstone that had split, you know, and the front half of it had fallen forward, rather like a kebab, you know, sort of. And the filling of the space between the front half of that kerbstone and the back half of it was all clean white quartz.