However, what happened next remains something of a mystery this evening after further enquiries by The Meath Chronicle..

Dermot Fenton of Loughcrew Estate told the workers to stop digging and to leave the area in order to call in experts. Claims that the Department of the Environment had been out to see the site had not been verified this evening, while a spokesperson of the Dept of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht told the Meath Chronicle: "While this video is certainly intriguing and very entertaining, the archaeologists of The National Monuments Service of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht have not been contacted and have no intention of investigating the ‘find.’