Okay, it's not Stonehenge, but another site, of equal or perhaps greater cultural and historical importance, that is set to be destroyed. For a road. That could be built elsewhere. For less money.
The site - or series of >100 sites, actually - is Tara in Ireland. It is older than Stonehenge, older than even the Pyramids in Egypt. You can learn more:
Video - be patient around the first minute. The bit about the carvings and the ramparts is important background information.
Hill of Tara
TaraWatch
I have signed the online petition to do my small part in trying to stop this destruction. You can too.
On one hand, it is about a particular place of unique and special value. On the other hand, if Tara can be destroyed, what's to protect other internationally important places - cultural or ecological - from those who think only of profit?
Sunday, November 04, 2007
What if they wanted to bulldoze Stonehenge to build a road?
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