time for a few hungry goats and a six foot fence at least that would keep vandels and maybe weather out jim denning In a message dated 11/26/00 1:52:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, PeteScherm@aol.com writes: << The Clonbroney cemetery, when I was there two months ago, is the largest and most dense brier patch I have seen in my extensive travels throughout Ireland. I was there to see if there was any evidence of the early Christian nunnery at the site, and photograph what I could find. I think the briers were planted by St. Patrick when he gave the veil to the two Emers, sisters of Guasacht, at this site - they were certainly dense enough. Only the tops of 6 to 8-foot high monuments were visible. When I returned to the U.S., I contacted an authority/friend on early Irish sites, and she said that - less than a year ago - she was able to make some inroads through the briers, but with difficulty and assistance from others. If anyone plans on going there, I wouldn't take anything smaller than a machete with me. I wish I'd had one. >> all denning-dever-cogan in mass-some malone-carroll-mcguire-doherty-mcneil-piscopo-mazzola-heslin-martini-feddis-fa rley-dennen-dinan-fredricks- ____________________________________ "we go to school to learn the words of fools" bob dylan