Archaeology
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Humans have occupied Ireland for the past 10,000 years, leaving us with a rich legacy of archaeological monuments and landscapes. We work to conserve this unique archaeological heritage.
ARCHAEOLOGY FEATURED INITIATIVE
Brú na Bóinne Research Framework Project
The Heritage Council is currently engaged in drafting a research framework for the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site in Co. Meath.
Click to read more about the Brú na Bóinne Research Framework.
ARCHAEOLOGY INITIATIVE
Significant Unpublished Irish Archaeological Excavations 1930-1997
The Heritage Council commissioned a survey of unpublished excavations for the period 1930-1997 that examined the Heritage Service archive of reports on archaeological excavations. The survey categorised 81 sites as being of national importance and a further 340 as being of regional significance. A website was developed for the project in 2007 which can be accessed from the link below. Please note that since the launch of the website, information on a number of these sites has been published. Details will be appended as they become available.
Click here to view the Significant Unpublished Irish Archaeological Excavations 1930-1997 website
ARCHAEOLOGY FEATURE
The Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research Programme [INSTAR] Web Archive
The INSTAR web archive is an online database which hosts all research created under the INSTAR Programme, since its establishment in 2008. It enables both professionals and public alike to fully explore an exciting range of topics crossing the neolithic to early modern times. It is a step forward in implementing one of INSTAR’s key aims to 'disseminate its results to a wide audience’. Completed research projects for 2010 are now available for viewing on the web archive’. Explore the INSTAR Web Archive. Explore the INSTAR Web Archive.
HERITAGE IN YOUR AREA
Select your county from the drop-down list below for more information about heritage projects in your area.
ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS
The Archaeological Profession in Ireland
A Workshop on Future Possibilities, March 2011. Findings now available.
ARCHAEOLOGY EVENTS
Rathcroghan Archaeological Conference - Call for Papers
The Cruachan Aí Centre in Tulsk, Co. Roscommon Ireland is hosting an Archaeological Conference from April 13th – 15th to highlight the important archaeological work carried out in the Rathcroghan area over the past ten years.
ARCHAEOLOGY PUBLICATIONS
Guidance for the Care, Conservation and Recording of Historic Graveyards
Our historic graveyards are places of intense human activity. Along with providing a resting place for our departed and a place of remembrance, graveyards are of immense heritage value as sites of archaeological and...