Robert Hensey

World Heritage Project Coordinator, Sligo County Council / Adjunct Lecturer in Archaeology at Uni of Galway / Author 'First Light: The Origins of Newgrange'.

[Robert Hensey @RobertHensey]

@MariaCampbell00 @atu Aw, thanks Maria. If I can do half as good a job as you do in ATU I'll be on a winner!

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Delighted to announce I've accepted a post with @sligocountycouncil as World Heritage Project Coordinator for ‘The Passage Tomb Landscape of Co. Sligo’ UNESCO bid. Sincere thanks to all who have helped the project to get this far. (Photo: Ken Williams)
https://t.co/ovFvpqqM48

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Primrose Grange megalithic tomb. Weird and wonderful.

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@jameseogan Thanks James. Had no idea he'd be there! Looked over to a side table and saw someone sitting alone intently reading the book - I was taken aback to see who it was. I tried to engage him and he protested "I'm reading" :). But then kindly stood for the photo.

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@JackmanNeil Definitely give me a shout if you do come this way Neil, maybe get up to Carrowkeel together if you're up for it.

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Skipped Newgrange this year and enjoyed the solstice locally @ Tinnecarra/Drumanone dolmen with friend & landowner (pictured). To paraphrase John Moriarty: 'give a poor tribe 5 or 6 impossibly heavy stones, and ask them to make the most tremendous thing in the world'. Not far off

[Sligo Neolithic Landscapes @Sligoneolithic]

Blush... SNL seriously humbled to receive the Spirit of Sligo award at the Cathaoirleach’s Awards ceremony in County Hall last week.

[Annie West @anniewestdotcom]

If #Covid tests taught us anything it's how #Newgrange works

[Robert Hensey @RobertHensey]

...should be thinking cool ancient ceramics beneath the street ... actually thinking Alien movies😮 #Athens

[Sligo Neolithic Landscapes @Sligoneolithic]

Like to see a W.B. Yeats play on the summit of Knocknarea? Yes - then come join us this Saturday (14th Oct). The performance is hosted by the Sligo Neolithic Landscape group and closes our World Heritage research workshop event. (Photo: Ken Williams)

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@Jim_Leary Can highly recommend. Learned a lot about the origins of holloways, fab!The book also is a demonstration of the bravery required to imagine past events (and skills required to communicate that).

[Jim Leary @Jim_Leary]

If you’re looking for a podcast to listen to and have a spare hour - you can listen to me here talking about the Neolithic, archaeology as myth-making and storytelling, and my book Footmarks. And what gives me joy! https://t.co/JFKnBohePH

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@occamsrazor22 This particular monument has been relatively well dated, to around 3500BC

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Big stones / little stones. Those of us fascinated by megalithic tombs tend to focus on the ‘mega’ – the often enormous stones used in their construction. It is easy to miss some of the finer delicate skills of Neolithic people - as here at Carrowmore 51. 1/5

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Everyone marvels at the moving and lifting of big stones -and fair enough- but in this one little construction, using v. small carefully selected materials, we can see the skills and know-how of the Neolithic builders just as well, or perhaps even more. In short, exquisite! 5/5

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We don't know for sure, but the sandstone may be from the Curlew Mountains, the nearest source I believe (open to correction). Was it found in glacial till or did they go specially to retrieve it? 4/5