- Dates
- 2006-06-24 – 2006-06-25
- Kind
- Celebration
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagehistorycommunityreligioncraftmusicenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
About thirty people gathered at Tara’s Meadow June 24-25, 2006, to share stories and place stones on a memorial cairn at the historic Antrim Iron Works and Carpenter croquet-mill site. The second annual gathering included music, historical storytelling, and weaving St. Brigid’s Crosses from pipe cleaners and reeds.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper participant account; it does not establish a complete site history, attendance register, or formal archaeological interpretation.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, July 2006, "Celebrating the Living Landscape at Tara's Meadow."Reports about thirty visitors placing stones and sharing stories at a memorial cairn, historical accounts of the Antrim Iron Works and Carpenter croquet mill, music, St. Brigid's Cross weaving, and the public invitation to add stones respectfully. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Tara's Meadow report and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Tara's Meadow hosts a living-landscape gathering and memorial cairn, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-taras-meadow-living-landscape-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2006, "Celebrating the Living Landscape at Tara's Meadow." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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