In case you had n’t noticed , the world is on fireright now . And even though some places are seeingborderline apocalypticconsequences , elsewhere , it ’s leading to some awesome discoveries .

The ( franklyunreasonably ) raging weather has already turned up new historic   revelations inthe UKandIrelanddating from as far back as the Iron Age , but this week a gorse fire in County Wicklow , Ireland , has revealed something altogether more modern : a substance from the Second World War , cut up into the land itself .

Police helicopters were the first to note the scoring , which spell , in immense letters , " ÉIRE "   – the name of the country in Irish .

" The Air Corps helped put the ardour out and then the Garda eggbeater , which we take flight , mark the sign emerge from the past , " a voice for the Garda   Síochána ( Irish constabulary military force ) told Irish broadcasterRTÉ .

Measuring a massive 12 by 6 meters ( 39 by 20 feet ) , more than 80 ofthese   markerswere literally carved into the landscape during World War II – and then built with up to 150   metric ton ( 165 US tons ) of whitewashed stone coiffe in concrete .

" The sign of the zodiac were built by the Coast Watching Service by the summer of 1944 to warn ' belligerent ' aircraft that they were fly over a neutral country , "   Michael Kennedy of Guarding Neutral Ireland assure local newsworthiness outletDublin Live . " At the request of the United States Air Force the number of the nearby lookout post was added , turn the signs into melody pilotage aids … This assisted American bomber original in voyage across the Atlantic . "

The County Wicklow marker had been   hidden   for decades until last week ’s attack destroy   the thick undergrowth covering it . Being found on Ireland ’s east coast marks this new breakthrough as strange , but there are many other examples to be found along the land ’s 3,200 - kilometer ( 2,000 - geographical mile ) seacoast   – as plenty of Twitter commenters were happy to partake in .

Skycam Ireland maneuver out that the fire alone was not responsible for for the mansion ’s sudden visibility   – in true Irish fashion , the domain had also experienced great rain , which was what eventually expose the letters .

Although Ireland   – still stagger   from   civil warfare after a long struggle for independency from the UK   – had declared itself officially electroneutral during World War II , in practice the country was benevolent towards the Allies . British pilots were earmark to wing through Irish air space , and Ireland often shared intelligence with Allied forces   – in fact , it was Irish intelligencethat was instrumental in the success of the Normandy landing later immortalized inSaving Private Ryan .

Although this is just another amazing spectacle to bring to thelong listofbreathtakingdiscoveriesturned upby recentextremeenvironmental case , it ’s important to remember that , you bonk , everything ’s die . glad Monday !