Some great news today…
Ireland’s ancient Hill of Tara, once the seat of the high kings, was today named one of the world’s 100 most endangered heritage sites.
The New York-based World Monument Fund placed Tara on its crisis list after campaigns and court battles failed to reroute a controversial motorway away from it.
Since 1965, the body has saved 420 irreplaceable sites around the world, including the ancient Buddhist temple of Preah Khan at Angkor, Cambodia, built in 1191.
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