Near The Bend In The River. The Archaeology of the N25 Kilmacthomas realignment

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Google Maps and Historical Geography

About ten years ago we used a GIS package called Mapmaker and Mapmaker pro. Google Maps now have a service called Mapmaker which seems to be about crowd sourcing cartographic data. The examples they present of this process include timelines of urban development including this one of the development of Islamabad .

Google Earth and archaeological survey in Afghanistan

One of the best posters at WAC08 was by two Phd students from Melbourne; here is a newspaper article about their work.

Archaeological excavation tools_Archtools

An email arrived today from Archtools, a new company selling archaeological tools and equipment globally.

The Archaeology of Greenham Common

As reported in The Guardian.

WAC08 Podcasts from UCD

Ireland and the British Isles

Many Irish people are highly sensitive to Ireland being considered part of the British Isles and many British people are highly insensitive to that fact. The British were the indigenous population of England/Scotland/Wales but never of Ireland (am I wrong?). The Angles and the Saxons subsequently poured into England causing pressures and ethnic changes in the neighbouring Wales and Scotland. Debate continues as to whether the AngloSaxons replaced the elites of the indigenous societies or had a deeper impact on the natives. It seems to be accepted though that the Normans did just replace the upper echelons of society in Britain and Ireland.

Genetic studies are playing a role in elucidating these matters but even if geneticists agree that an indigenous population prevails on both land masses the naming of the islands will still remain a political issue. What else to call the isles? The Western isles? The western european archipelago? The British Isles and Ireland?

Ancient Rome in Google Earth

Ancient Rome is the first historical city to be added to Google Earth. A detailed account of the project can be found at the always interesting Ogleearth.

Archéologia - French archaeology magazine

Archéologia has a web presence which is searchable and past articles can be order.

Prastion-Mesorostos Archaeological Expedition, Cyprus: Past Horizons November 2008 issue

This issue of Past Horizons contains some survey and mapping work done by our Survey Manager, Ben Blakeman (the natty dresser on page 36), for a project led by Dr Andrew P McCarthy of the University of Edinburgh.

The Urban Landscapes of Ancient Merv, Turkmenistan

Landmark digital publication by the Merv team.

Irish Placenames - Owenboy River

One of the rivers crossed on my daily commute on the N25/N71 is the Owenboy. The placename commission entry for this river has a link to archival material outlining some historical information about the name. In my innocence I always thought this was 'the yellow river' and Joyce seems to support this, but he is referring to the Mayo Owenboy. Is there any chance the Abhainn na Baoi in Cork does not mean 'the yellow river'?

By the way, www.logainm.ie is a great source of river names in Ireland. The other rivers I cross are the Blackwater, the Tourig, the Kiltha/Kilty, the Lee and the Bandon.

Medieval Royal Assembly Site - Aughris, Co. Sligo

Dr Liz Fitzpatrick article here. xref Busherstown.

Earth ovens, roasting pits and troughs

Bill Frazer at Margaret Gowen & Co. has done some interesting work on roasting pits at Marshes Upper, Co. Louth. I think if we combined Bill's work with our WAC lecture  (search the programme for Finn Delaney) on fulachta fiadh and the evidence from waterlogged troughs (the dimensions and morphology of cuts for lined troughs in particular) we'd have taken a step forward in our engagement with these site and feature types.

Google Earth goes Underwater

From The Independent 'conservation agency Natural England has contributed information about 43 marine sites around the coast of England that offer some protection to species such as the basking shark, as well as seahorses, corals and algae.

One of the sites users can visit "virtually" is Lundy Island, off the North Devon coast, England's only statutory marine reserve and a no-take zone banning fishing and enabling wildlife in the 3.3 square kilometre area to thrive.'

More info here.

Tramore heritage talks this autumn

Date: 02 Oct 2008

A SENSE OF PLACE

A SERIES OF TALKS ABOUT EAST WATERFORD

These talks provide an opportunity for people living in the east of the County to learn more about their heritage and to introduce them to many of the services that work to preserve and make this heritage available. If you would like to find out more about the history, heritage, archaeology and architecture of East Waterford then join us on Tuesday evenings at Tramore Coastguard Station at 7.30pm

7th October WE’RE ALL GOING TO THE SEASIDE 
The development of Tramore as a tourist attraction in the 19th Century. A talk by Joanne Rothwell, County Archivist

14th October ORNITHOLOGICAL WATERFORD 
A historical report on the preservation of bird life in County Waterford by Bernadette Guest, Heritage Officer 

21st October   MINERALISATION AND MINING IN EAST WATERFORD
A Talk by Des Cowman on the history of mining in the east of the County

28th October   SHIFTING SANDS 
A talk on the Coastal Environment of Tramore Bay, Sand Dunes and Back Strand by Jeremy Gault and Anne Marie O'Hagan of the  Coastal & Marine Resources Centre of University College Cork

4th November INDUSTRIOUS WATERFORD 
A talk by Rose Ryall, Conservation Officer on the Industrial Archaeological Survey of County Waterford

11th November ARCHAEOLOGY Two Odd Sites on the City Walls   
A talk by Dave Pollock on two very interesting digs on the City Walls

18th November WATERFORD AND NEWFOUNDLAND: A Shared Heritage 
A talk by Ray McGrath on the connections between Waterford and Newfoundland

For further information contact Tramore Coastguard Station at 051 391656

Diving the Lusitania - a smoking gun?

Divers find ammunition on the wreck of the Lusitania.

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Galathea Illustrations

Sofia Oscarson has set up as an illustrator and can be found on the web here.

Multi-beam Sonar and Venus Project

From the BBC - a short story on the Venus project - involving multi-beam sonar survey of underwater archaeological sites. They use a dive simulator to engage the greater public interest.

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Interesting web graphics - CambridgeUnit/HansonQuarries

Nice looking web-based presentation of a series of archaeological projects linked with Hanson Aggregates' work in the UK.

The non-specific, but grander theme, domain name (unearthingthepast) is similar to the higher ground also sought by the Oxford Archaeology website (www.thehumanjourney.net). Rummage around the Hanson site and have a look at the Bronze Age houses they've been digging.

NRA Excavations Database being launched Aug 08

At last weeks Heritage Week seminar it was announced that the NRA Archaeological Sites Database has been launched. archaeology.nra.ie is currently linking to a folder directory but this link leads to the search page.

Just gave it a try - did a search for charcoal production pits and it works. I wonder how they treat figures and plates? This is a great resource for anybody researching archaeology in Ireland.

NRA Seminar Programme Thurs 28th August

Programme of Talks

9.30am Registration
10.00am Welcome & introduction
Rónán Swan, NRA Head of Archaeology (Acting)
10.10am Cultivating societies: new insights into agriculture in Neolithic Ireland (presentation extract)
Meriel McClatchie, Archaeobotanist
10.25am Early medieval food processing technology: the miller’s tale (presentation extract)
Neil Jackman, Excavation Director

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Neolithic structure at Ballinglanna North 3 - Modelling begins

Modelling of the Neolithic structures found on the N8FM road project (North Cork) has begun and a first draft is presented here. This is a work in progress and should be treated as such. Modelling by Ben Blakeman using Google Sketchup (and a few other bits and pieces).

The Anatomy of Bronze Age Roundhouses

As part of our postexcavation works on the N8 and N7 road projects we've been analysing the groundplans of Bronze Age structures. One structure type has a distinctive 'eye brow' shaped trench at their entrance which has either been interpreted as a drip gully or a wall slot; in some excavation reports these have been described as U-shaped or D-shaped structures. We now reckon that we can convincingly argue that these trenchs are the eaves-drip gullies, dug to take water away from the entrance and the interior of the structure. The consequence of this interpretation is that the footprint of some Bronze Age structures are smaller than we had previously thought but that we have a more accurate idea of the extent of the walls and the thatched roofs (under which the eaves-drip gullies are dug).

These drip gully structures are sometimes built alongside other roundhouses with different wall construction techniques; in one case a wall slot which appears round but is segmental, being formed by panels of prefabricated wattle inserted into the slot. Presumably there are social and cultural reasons for the differences in construction of adjacent structures.

On a methodological level it is imperative that excavators record the post-pipe cut (if present) on a mid-excavation drawing or on a single context basis into a composite cut plan.

Stansted and Heathrow Archaeology Published Online

Framework Archaeology (an Oxford Archaeology/Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture) have published the Stansted and Heathrow Airport excavations online in GIS format. Download the Freeviewer and download the datasets.

WAC6 Resolution on Future Work near Tara

Media Release

For Immediate Release - 11th July, 2008

TARA'S WORLD HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE

Following the largest ever international gathering of archaeologists
in Dublin, Ireland, the World Archaeological Congress has released a
statement expressing its opposition to any further development
alongside the new stretch of motorway in the wider landscape zone
surrounding the historical site of Tara in Co Meath, Ireland."Tara
has significance far beyond Ireland itself," said Professor Claire
Smith, President of the World Archaeological Congress. "Its iconic
significance derives from its unique cultural character, as situated
in a broader landscape. The World Archaeological Congress strongly
encourages the Irish Government to instigate formal protection
measures for this area, and to consider nominating Tara for
inscription as a World Heritage site.""Prior to the holding of the
Sixth World Archaeological Congress here in Ireland, we sent two
senior representatives to look at the issue of the motorway, " said
Professor Claire Smith. "They found that all the archaeological work
had been done to the highest professional standards." However, during
the Congress a number of competing and often contradictory claims
were made and the World Archaeological Congress has now commissioned a report on the Tara discussions. The World Archaeological Congress stressed that its report would not interfere with the legal and consultative planning process already completed in Ireland. "We do not question the validity of the planning process undertaken in Ireland. Our purpose is to learn lessons for the future and for other countries with issues surrounding development archaeology," said Professor Smith. "There are many strong opinions about Tara and it is important that valid claims receive due attention, and that
misinformation be sifted out. This can only be done through a
considered study," Professor Smith said.Recognising that the reburial
of ancient remains in Ireland is subject to the provisions of the
National Monuments Act and the agreement of the National Museum of
Ireland, the World Archaeological Congress also draws attention to
the Vermillion Accord on human remains and suggests that any human
remains excavated from the cultural landscape of Tara should be re-
interred with due respect as close as possible to their original
locations, as this is where these people would have wished to be
buried. The World Archaeological Congress notes the significant
adverse impact that motorways and other forms of development can have

on valuable cultural landscapes."Throughout the world, developments
such as motorways can have significant adverse impact on cultural
landscapes," said Professor Smith. "Cultural heritage needs to be
factored into the planning process from the beginning.""In order to
address these issues from a global perspective the World
Archaeological Congress will be holding an Inter-Congress with the
theme "Rethinking relations of Archaeology and Development."The Inter-
Congress on archaeology and development is likely to be held in Lund,
Sweden, in 2009.

Further Information: Professor Claire Smith

Background:

The World Archaeological Congress (WAC) is a non-governmental, not-
for-profit organization and is the only elected international body of
practising archaeologists. WAC holds an international congress every
four years to promote the exchange of the results of archaeological
research; professional training and public education for
disadvantaged nations, groups and communities; the empowerment and
betterment of Indigenous groups and First Nations peoples; and the
conservation of archaeological sites.

The Sixth World Archaeological Congress (WAC-6) was held from 29th
June-4th July at the University College Dublin. This was the first
World Archaeological Congress to be held in Ireland. It was attended
by over 1,800 archaeologists, native peoples and international
scholars from 74 nations. Motions from the Plenary session of the
Congress were considered by subsequent meetings of the World
Archaeological Congress Council and Executive.

Appalachian Farming Systems Research Center

A marvellous source of ethnographic data can be found at the AFSRC. Two things resonate particularly with me; firstly the hog butchery page (burnt mounds anyone?) and secondly the 'big old black iron pot' page where Mrs Louella Amar talks about using a well in a farm yard just like we did in south county Limerick up to ten years ago.

"The pump and the well--two separate things. The well was covered with boards. They made a board to go over the top of it. And it set over here, the pump was over here, so for household purposes, washing and whatever, you got your water out your well, and you had a long chain with the bucket fastened to the end of the chain, and you go there and you moved top off of the well, you drop your bucket down there—I don’t know how deep that well was"

We had a rope on the bucket instead of a chain and there was a particular knack to filling the bucket. First you'd dip the dangling base of the bucket into the top of the water surface to clear off waterboatmen and the like, then a deft flick of the wrist would flip the bucket rim under the surface to fill with water.

Uncontacted Indians in Brazil - archaeological thoughts

Mainstream press have been publishing photographs of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon basin over the last couple of days. While it is tempting to view these images as a look into the past, imagining indigenous prehistoric Irish tribemen, the situation is more complex than that. However, it is interesting to note the physical layout of the settlements, a linear layout, the absence of fields in the immediate vicinity of the houses, the use of a large log as a seat alongside what appears to be a hearth. The spreads of different types of detritus to the rear of the structures.

More detail can be found at Survival International.

Data scraping from Museums in UK

A glimpse of the future can be caught at this website (hoard.it) which seems to scrape data through xml feeds from a variety of British museum sites.

Indigenous Ireland?

It is 'easy' to tell the indigenous people of Argentina apart from the 7 million immigrants who arrived in the country at the end of the 19th century - they look different.

A more controversial subject is the ethnic makeup of the (Argentine) population, for so long considered largely white and European. The DNA centre that has reunited the children of the "disappeared" with their families has produced some interesting findings. Recent research into Argentines' DNA suggests that 56% have at least partly indigenous blood. "We are not as European as we think we are," says Daniel Corach, director of the Service of Genetic Digital Tracing of the University of Buenos Aires. A 12-year research project, from 1992 to 2004, examined the DNA of 12,000 people in 11 provinces. As well as noting that only 44% of the population were of European origin, it concluded that 10% were pure Indians.

If one did a similar exercise in Ireland what would it reveal about the ethnicity of the Irish population? What percentage would be considered indigenous? The issue of ethnicity arises in our archaeological investigations but it is also emerging now as a political issue in the battle against the road construction works at Tara. The Taralitigation people are quoting Margaret Connolly of the Retrieve Foundation (can't find a hyperlink) as saying

 "so far in Ireland, there was no dialogue about the rights of indigenous peoples. Instead, the desecration of indigenous lands and sacred areas continued, namely the Hill of Tara and surrounding areas. There had been no prior consultation with the indigenous community about Shell Oil’s exploration of those lands. In the absence of indigenous spiritual guidance, conferred by traditional rites-of-passage ceremonies, indigenous youth were experiencing high levels of depression, addiction and suicide. The Irish Government must inform its indigenous peoples of its commitment to the Declaration."

Who are the indigenous people of Ireland? Do they include those introduced in the Munster Plantation, the Cromwellian and Williamite plantations? Do they include those who followed Strongbow, the Prendergasts and co. in 1169? If tenth century Irish settled in Scotland and their descendants came back in the 1600s are they indigenous? Are they freckle faced and pastey skinned, or can they be sallow skinned with that dark black hair you get down in Kerry? It is a fascinating topic and especially relevant today now that Ireland has experienced it's first major wave of immigration in approx 100 years. (So that there is no misunderstanding, here in Eachtra we welcome all new faces, you just have to look at our multinational office and field crews to see that.)

Markus Casey RIP

"He had won the respect of everyone for his professionalism, his tremendous knowledge and vision of private aviation, both in this country and abroad, and his warm, personable approach towards everyone he met. His friendly wave and calm good humour at all times were part of what made him special. He is sadly missed as a friend as well as a business colleague".

Markus was also an innovative archaeologist who has added greatly to the corpus of data for historic Irish landscape studies. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam!

From yesterdays Irish Independent

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UCD Adoption of Agriculture in Ireland Draft Report

Dr Graeme Warren has published his draft 'challenges' report to the project website.

Shackleton and Scotts Antarctic Camps

Photos here.

Location of fulachta fiadh in North Cork

Our work on the N8 Fermoy to Mitchelstown road project has been done with a landscape archaeology focus, and at the NRA Project Archaeologist Ken Hanleys urging, using GIS in our toolset. A recent query in an IAI discussion forum about the altitude at which fulachta fiadh are found can be answered by Maurizio Toscano (our GIS supervisor) for the North Cork area (50 km circle centred on Fermoy) by importing the N8 FM excavation results and RMP data into the GIS and running a few queries.

This map shows the distribution of fulachta fiadh (blue dots) in the area and the following graph shows the cumulative frequency distribution of sites plotted by altitude.

In summary, of 1922 sites, approx 20 are found below 10 m OD, approx 100 are found at 100 m OD, and approx 50 are found at 200 m OD; approx 10% are found below 70 m OD and 70% are below 160 m OD.

Maurizio is also working on other GIS analyses which should give further meaning to the site distributions over the new few months.

Roman Roadmap, Tabula Peutingeriana

From Austria; medieval copy of a fifth century roadmap.

via BBC

Monumental Waterford

This book came out for the Christmas market and is a great introduction to the megaliths of Waterford. The author has some insightful comments about the monuments but the book should be read in conjunction with his amazing website.

Subsistence Whaling

Digital photographs taken every five minutes during a 9 day stay with an Inupiat Eskimo family in Alaska.

Google Earth update for Boyne Valley

It would appear that the Boyne valley has been upgraded to high resolution images within Google Earth, while the whole of Italy has been upgraded. Hopefully the rest of Ireland will follow suit soon.

I wonder when the first sites will be found when combining these higher resolution images with the archaeology.ie rmp distribution maps.

Kilkenny Archaeological Society

The KAS have a web presence here which includes an evocative piece on 19th and 20th century city blacksmiths written by Dorcas Birthistle.

Moore Group Website

The Moore Group relaunched their website two months ago and have been adding to it in a chatty relaxed style.

Gigapan Panoramas

Set a gigapan up in the middle of a site, connect a standard digital camera, and end up with a highly detailed panorama. The robot mount may be sold for less than 300 dollars.

Megalithomania and Tom Fourwinds

Tom Fourwinds is an ambient musician, field archaeologist, author and a html wizard.

Digital Data - archaeology.ie

SMR records in maps. A web-based GIS. If the link does not work just go to archaeology.ie and follow View Archaeological Survey of Ireland link.

IAI October Conference 07 - full programme

Full programme after the jump.

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Heritage data online

Live RMP maps on net. Search by county, townland and class. (link via upperchurch.ie).

Bronze Age Politics in Munster - Hillforts

Prof. Billy O'Brien in the Irish Times (subs needed)

 'According to Prof O'Brien, the site of the hill fort in the townland of Clashanimud (Trench of the Timbers) gave it commanding views as far away as the Galtees and the Boggeraghs to the north, the Sheha Mountains to the southwest and to the Paps and Reeks to the west. Its defences included an outer enclosure 1.02km in perimeter and surrounded by a stone-faced field bank topped with a wattle palisade, and an inner 0.8km enclosure, comprising an earthen and stone bank topped with a heavy oak palisade.'

 

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Sea eagles reintroduced to Killarney on 16th Aug 2007

From ireland.com

The White Tailed Eagle was reintroduced to the Irish countryside today by Minister for the Environment John Gormley.

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NRA Seminar 2007 - 30th August Gresham Hotel Dublin

Programme of Talks

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Google maps and archaeology - Tara example

We had an earlier article about 'roll-your-own' google maps. This anti-Tara website has done a lovely job of mapping a range of archaeology related factors. Mapping for the masses - the NRA should note that they could just as easily do this themselves.

Tara Rough and Tumble - Rath Lugh video

From Hilloftara yahoo group - Dr Conor Newman trying to tell the wood from the trees. Video.

Fulachta fiadh and brewing

A very nice article in yesterdays Irish Times (subscription needed) about Declan Moore and Billy Quinn's research into the possibility of fulachta fiadh being used for brewing.

 "Archaeological evidence demonstrates that intoxicants have been part of human society from earliest times," ..."From our own experience excavating fulachts, we believe that the fulacht fiadh was multifunctional, the kitchen sink of the Bronze Age. However, a primary use seems clear - these sites were Bronze Age micro-breweries."

If you look at the photographs in the sidebar of the CSN fulacht fiadh experiment, you will see that the boiling water in the trough was very dirty (charcoal and heatshattered stone fragments abounding). When digging fulachta fiadh we often find smaller troughs which may have held a pot or leather vessel alongside the larger trough. Perhaps these smaller troughs would suit the brewing process better. Maybe boiling water was poured/sieved into the smaller (putative) containers?

GIS, Archaeology and Landscape analysis

 An Analysis of Pre-Christian Ireland Using Mythology and A GIS
Dimitra-Alys A. Caviness

This paper synthesizes cultural anthropology and archaeology: it
promotes mythology as a historic source for archaeological research,
and uses GIS to help interpret mythological and geographical data
relevant to the Celts of pre-Christian Ireland. The ArcView program
establishes correlation between geographic characteristics and
pre-Christian Ireland's mythology, recorded in the dindshenchas - a
collection of legends describing the origins of Irish place-names.
Routes are predicted by ArcView using a cost analysis query procedure
and sites from the dindshenchas known to associate with the roads, thus
providing archaeological reference to the Five Roads of Tara, the
ancient Seat of Ireland's High Kings.

http://gis2.esri.com/library/userconf/proc02/pap1030/p1030.htm

Dimitra-Alys A. Caviness
Ball State University
9116 Capstone Court
Noblesville, Indiana 46060

via taralitagation yahoo group

The Sea Stallion

The Viking ship replica, 'The Sea Stallion from Glendalough' is
currently at sea on its way to Ireland, having departed on 1 July 2007, 965 years after the original ship was built.

The ship's crew of 65, includes UCD School of Archaeology PhD student (and experienced experimental archaeologist) Ms Triona Nicholl, who is currently researching aspects of early medieval settlement in Ireland at UCD, with funding from the IRCHSS.

The ship is a reconstruction of the famous Skuldelev 2 longship, and its progress can be followed on the BBC website and you can learn about all the crew, the conditions they are experiencing and other interesting aspects from the websites.

Visit the UCD School of Archaeology website at
http://www.ucd.ie/archaeology/index.html and follow the News links to access these various websites.

Tara & Lismullin - NRA press release

It looks to me that the site has been largely archaeologically excavated in the course of the last year or so and that the road construction works are ongoing except for on this one site. When reading the media hyperbole on this site it is hard to work these two things out. (see press release on next page)

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Google maps - make your own

Make your own maps and publish them. More here.

At present the microsoft maps are more detailed for Ireland.

The Material Culture of the Home

A public lecture series to be held in the Physics Theatre, Newman House, St. Stephen's Green.

Entry free, all welcome.

 

Georss and archaeological databases

Useful links http://www.geonames.org/rss-to-georss-converter.html

 

More Tara rough and tumble

Now that archaeological excavations are nearing completion and construction works are about to begin the various 'anti' groups are coming under pressure as to how to act next. Some want fundraising and some want action.

 

Tarawatch and independent archaeological consultancy

Tarawatch.org are looking to raise 20k to commission a foreign archaeological consultancy to write an archaeological assessment which will be used to show that the M3 is illegal. They will not be using an Irish firm because 'it is common knowledge that Irish-based firms will not do it, because of their dependence on the National Roads Authority for contracts'.

It can't be that Irish firms wouldn't do it because Tarawatch are dictating the results of the assessment before it begins. You couldn't make it up.

 

Remember Conflict Archaeology Conference

At Aughrim, Co Galway - this weekend

 

Salvaging time

Literary highlight of the year, courtesy of Tim Robinson.

 

An Anthropomorphic Pot From Mitchelstown, Co. Cork

A previously unknown type of ceramic vessel was recovered from a site on the route of the N8 Mitchelstown Relief Road, Co. Cork, Ireland. The landscape of the Mitchelstown area is dominated by the Galtee Mountains to the north, the Ballyhoura Mountains to the west and the Kilworth Mountains to the south. The land in the vicinity of the site is for the most part under pasture and is located at an altitude of 90 m OD. The site was located c.1.5km to the west of the town within the historic Mitchelstown Demesne, on the northern bank of the Gradoge River which drains into the Funshion River 700m to the northwest of the site. The course of the Gradoge River in the vicinity of the site has been altered in the recent and historic past. The construction of Mitchelstown Demesne, a parkland of some 1240 acres was undertaken in the eighteenth century. The works included the construction of two artificial lakes to the east of the site. The course of the river in the vicinity of the site has been straightened in the recent past.

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Burren Archaeology & The Heritage Council

Mick Gibbons was interviewed on RTE Radio 1 this morning about the recent Heritage Council funded report on the impacts of vegetation changes on the extant archaeology of the Burren.

It seems that Oliver Rackhams 'tumbledown to oakwood' is coming true.

 

Another conflict archaeology conference

Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland

Spring Conference 2007

                                THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CONFLICT

Jurys Cork Hotel, Western Road, Cork City Friday 9^th to Sunday 11^th March 2007

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Conflict Archaeology Conference

• 24th and 25th March 2007 - The Archaeology Company Spring Conference

‘Every Heart is Freedoms Shield’ - Approaches to Conflict Archaeology 2007

To See Abstracts of papers to be presented, click Here

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Secret Sights - archaeology on television

A good series currently on RTE 1. Last week they were in the coal mines near Castlecomer where they looked at the 20th century mine buildings and interviewed an ex-miner.

 

Jobs in National Museum

Who: National Museum of Ireland

What: Vacancy for Executive Assistant to the Director (permanent post)

Where: National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Closing Date: Friday 9 March 2007

Details: see

www.museum.ie/jobs

 

RIA and future recommendations for Irish Archaeology

Key Recommendations from the Royal Irish Academy Forum: Archaeology in Ireland: A Vision for the Future; is available as a PDF download from the IAI website - www.iai.ie

 

Surveying links

Ben Blakeman our road projects surveyor has setup a website with information on surveying and archaeology.

 

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