Every place has a story to tell but, with the passing of time, not all stories are preserved. The archaeological discoveries presented in this book afford a rare chance to hear from people whose voices would be lost were it not for the opportunities for discovery presente
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In every book in the TII Heritage series we rediscover the capacity of the Irish landscape to offer us encounters with past peoples, from remote periods, and lives that were very unlike our own. Around the Bay of Dundalk is a special treat. Here the landscape of the past has a gr
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Site 78 was discovered during the monitoring of groundwork associated with the onstruction of the South Eastern Motorway, County Dublin. It was located on the course f a watermain, which had to be re-routed as part of road construction. Excavation ncovered an area containing a co
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This final report presents the results of archaeological investigations carried out on behalf of Kildare County Council and the National Roads Authority as part of Archaeological Services Contract No. 4 ? Resolution, Prumplestown to Powerstown, prior to the commencement of constr
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Archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping, in advance of the construction of the N7 Nenagh Bypass, resulted in the discovery of a number of previously unknown archaeological sites in the townland of Tullahedy. This report details the excavation of seven of those sites (Areas
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This site is located in the townland of Kilmurry North, 9km southwest of Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow. The archaeological excavation was carried out by Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd on behalf of Wicklow County Council and the National Roads Authority in advance of the constru
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This site at Williamstown or Bawn 2 was excavated by Kevin Martin for Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd (ACS) as part of the M3 Clonee–North of Kells Motorway Scheme on behalf of Meath County Council NRDO and the NRA. The excavation was carried out between 29 Mar
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This report describes the results of an archaeological excavation carried out in advance of construction of the N25 Waterford City Bypass. Waterford City Council procured two archaeological services contracts in February 2002. The contracts covered the assessment of 274 hectares
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This is a final report of an archaeological excavation at Gardenrath 2 which was located on the route of the M3 Navan–Kells & Kells Bypass (Archaeological Services Contract 4) of the M3 Clonee–North of Kells Motorway Scheme, County Meath. The excavation was carried out by D
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The following is the final report on excavations carried out at Dogstown, Co. Tipperary (Sites 151.1 and 151.2) excavated as part of the N8 Cashel to Mitchelstown Road Improvement Scheme. The evidence consisted of two clusters of stake and postholes and two linear features. No di
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This report concerns the archaeologically monitored topsoil stripping of the townlands of Hill of Rath and Mell, Co. Louth, between March and May 2000. This monitoring was undertaken in advance of the construction phase, of the Northern Motorway (Gormanstown-Monasterboice) Scheme
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