Archaeological investigations on the route of the new N25 Waterford City Bypass discovered a large Viking settlement of ninth to eleventh century date on the banks of the River Suir in the townland of Woodstown in County Waterford.1 This may have supplanted an earlier Ir

archaeology | artefacts | viking

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The site of Mullaghmast, Co. Kildare, was identified as having archaeological potential in the Environmental Impact Assessment for the N9/N10 Kilcullen–Waterford Scheme: Kilcullen to Carlow because of its proximity to a potential medieval castle site (Record of Monuments and Plac

archaeology | site investigation | village

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The archaeological heritage is a non-renewable resource. An archaeological excavation is by definition destructive and irreversible. Therefore, the recording of all archaeological data (or preservation by record) is a fundamental duty that will permit the interpretation of what

archaeology | analysis and testing techniques | post-excavation analysis

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Over the Spring and Summer of 2003 archaeological excavations along the proposed route of the N4 Sligo Inner Relief Road & County Extension (N4 SIRR) opened a fascinating window onto the prehistoric landscape of the Cúil Irra peninsula, revealing evidence of settlement stretching

archaeology | excavation (sites) | henge

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This is the first of two videos by Keith Currams that document the excavation and conservation of two prehistoric urn burials that were discovered on a site in the townland of Quarry, near Ferns in north County Wexford, in July 2014. This video records the on-site excavation and

archaeology | Urn burial

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Pre-construction archaeological testing on the proposed N25 Waterford City Bypass identified an area of high archaeological potential in the form of pits, possible post-holes, burnt mound type material and a flint scraper in Granny townland, County Kilkenny. This work was comm

archaeology | excavation (sites) | pit

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This paper provides sets the context within which archaeological works were taking place on national road schemes, and provides an overview of some of the key archaeological discoveries from national road scheme projects.

archaeology | regulation | methodology

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Wild animals, birds and fish have been exploited by humans from the time they first settled on this island up to the present day.While animal bone analysis can determine what species were being used, it tells us little about how these animals were actually procured. Early mediev

archaeology | excavation (sites) | hunting

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Talking about his dark 1970 Korean War comedy M*A*S*H, the late Hollywood filmmaker Robert Altman said that he did not direct the film—it just escaped. Looking back on the six months my crew and I spent excavating Site 34, Newrath, Co. Kilkenny (Illus. 1), I know exactl

archaeology | wetland | bog

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On a long, low ridge in the small townland of Raystown, Co. Meath, west of what is now Ashbourne, people began burying their dead in an enclosed cemetery in the early fifth century AD. This place was to endure for at least 600 years as a large farming settlement. The building and

archaeology | excavation (sites) | geophysics

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Rahally townland lies immediately south of a byroad near the village of New Inn (An Cnoc Breac) in east County Galway, in the civil parish of Grange and the barony of Kilconnell. The site at Rahally was on a hillside with a northern aspect, in pastureland c. 1.75 km south-east o

archaeology | excavation (sites) | hillfort

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Geophysical methods provide a non-invasive, non-destructive means of investigating and defining subsequent excavation targets in areas of known or suspected archaeological potential. Terrestrial methods rely on measuring contrasts in the properties, such as magnetism and elect

archaeology | geophysics

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