National Roads Authority say Tara find common

The National Roads Authority have dismissed claims of an important find made by campaigners seeking to reroute the new M3 Irish motorway. The campaigners say that an important new historical find has been discovered directly in the path of the new M3 Irish motorway.
The new Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, is being asked to stop work on the M3 motorway after a new archaeological find. The campaigning group TaraWatch says two underground structures, including passage-ways, have been identified metres from the National Monument at Lismullen, close to the Hill of Tara. Vincent Salafia spokesman said that the ancient find, while not as old as the pre-historic henge at Lismullen, could be a National Monument.
The TaraWatch group, which is campaigning for the motorway to be re-routed, says the underground stone structures, which are located near another archaeological site, are a significant find. "Its further evidence for what we have been saying all along about this valley - its just full of archaeological wonders," said member Laura Grealish.
However The National Roads Authority maintains this new find is not a unique feature and the relevant bodies have been aware of the find for months. The NRA say the feature, known as a souterrain, has been known to the Department of the Environment and National Museum for months. A spokesman said it was not a unique feature and would be a relatively common find and is not such a site as to be a National Monument.
It will finally be the decision of the Environment Minister of Ireland if this new site is declared a National Monument.

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