Roads authority proposes raising motorway to save archeological discoveries

THE National Roads Authority (NRA) has proposed raising a section of the South Eastern Motorway to save the archeological discoveries at Carrickmines Castle.

Roads authority proposes raising motorway to save archeological discoveries

The authority also proposes dismantling part of the fortification where the motorway cannot be raised and reassembling the structure in an adjacent green area where it is suggested it could form part of an archeological heritage park.

And it says it may be able to preserve an 18th century farmhouse and sections of a medieval wall, which were due for demolition.

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