WMF and the Hill of Tara

The World Monuments Fund in Britain is writing to the European Commission and the Irish authorities asking them to seek interim measures at the European Court of Justice to halt the works at Lismullin national monument, as result of the impact from the proposed M3 motorway route.

WMF stated 'Tara Hill, which is the centrepiece of a large archaeological landscape with hundreds of significant sites, is the ceremonial and mythical capital of Ireland. It would be a huge loss to the world if Tara's surrounding landscape, about which we have much to learn, is destroyed for a highway development that will only encourage more rapid and inappropriate development. We are horrified at the prospect of a radical alteration of such an important site and call upon the authorities to reconsider their decision.'

WMF placed the archaeological complex of Tara Hill on its 2008 World Monuments Watch list of 100 most endangered sites. See http://www.wmf.org.uk/wmf_watch_100/highlights/