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Massive Prehistoric Fort Emerges From Welsh Woods

news.nationalgeographic.com — Cloaked by time's leafy shroud, the prehistoric settlement of Gaer Fawr lies all but invisible beneath a forest in the lush Welsh countryside.

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  • inactive, on 04/03/2009, -0/+16"Now the 2,900-year-old structure lives again, thanks to a digital recreation following a painstaking survey by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales."

    What a great find.
  • primalsteel, on 11/21/2008, -0/+14Very cool!
  • lostsymphonies1, on 11/21/2008, -0/+11Really cool!
  • MorganMghee, on 11/22/2008, -1/+8My Peeps!
  • Owwmykneecap, on 11/22/2008, -0/+7They are not Prehistoric.

    Dinosaurs are prehistoric, Stone age man is prehistoric, the Ancient Celts left quite a bit of history after them, from their forts and raths to Ogham Stones.
  • elitesystem, on 11/21/2008, -0/+6useful source :)
  • IanG73, on 11/21/2008, -0/+6The more you know...

  • Trigononamous, on 11/22/2008, -0/+5Gaer Fawr? That fort has one awesome name!
  • jamesdew, on 11/22/2008, -0/+4Wales seems to be getting a lot of mentions on Digg lately
  • marymixtoes, on 11/22/2008, -0/+4I really love it when technology can be used to illuminate history and this is a really excellent example.
  • inactive, on 11/22/2008, -1/+4"Cloaked by time's leafy shroud" This fortress was hidden under a pile of leaves since prehistoric times? What is a leafy shroud?
    I prefer "conceded by time's greedy selfish need to hide stuff under meters of dirt, water, sand and leaves. Researchers today found what father time was trying to hide. Father Time instantly held a news conference and stated he wasn't trying to conceal anything but was merely "trying to protect the site from masked marauders and picnicking types of people" .
  • elperegrino, on 11/22/2008, -0/+3"Cloaked by time's leafy shroud"??!
  • codemonkey314, on 11/22/2008, -1/+4CYMRU AM BYTH!!!!!

    This is why Wales rocks so hard :)
  • scoottie, on 11/22/2008, -0/+3see global warming will shows us all these cool things that are covered up
  • inactive, on 11/22/2008, -0/+3Iron Age sounds so cool.
  • essjay, on 11/22/2008, -0/+3It just means Big or large wall in Welsh. Very, er, descriptive!
  • okitasan, on 11/22/2008, -0/+3Where was it hiding?
  • rheaume, on 11/22/2008, -0/+3...The less Yank there is in you, weird
  • ScottyAnimal, on 11/22/2008, -0/+2Isn't that illegal?
  • shaun0001, on 11/22/2008, -0/+2this is great!
  • Dr3w, on 11/22/2008, -2/+2Now THAT'S what I call a euphemism.
  • Dangbe, on 11/22/2008, -1/+1Prehistoric? We found the ruins, doesn't that mean we have discovered some of their history?
  • Tarkaan, on 11/22/2008, -3/+2Of course Wales gets mentions on Digg, they need all the publicity and tourism they can get! Those sheep aren't going to shag themselves.

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