Archaeological Research for World Heritage Sites scheme
Archaeological Research for World Heritage Sites Grants 2024
04 January 2024Please click download to view a list of the Archaeological Research for World Heritage Sites awarded for 2024. Individual reports will be published here in 2025.
DownloadLaying the foundations; towards UNESCO WHS status for The Passage Tomb Landscape of Co. Sligo
15 December 2023A two-day workshop was held on 13th and 14th October 2023 to actively inform the work towards full WHS status of The Passage Tomb Landscape of Co. Sligo.
DownloadWorld Heritage Tentative List Climate Risk Scoping Study
14 December 2023This report documents the work undertaken in phase one of the World Heritage Tentative List Climate Risk Scoping Study.
DownloadLarge-scale GPR survey at the Brú na Bóinne WHS
14 December 2023The project aimed to undertake survey at a number of areas across Brú na Bóinne using a multi-sensor ground penetrating radar rig.
DownloadDecoding the ogham stones of early historic Machaire Connacht
14 December 2023The objective of this project is to seek to better understand the earliest surviving written words from these internationally significant six ogham-inscribed stones from the mid-Roscommon area.
DownloadArchaeological Research for World Heritage Sites Grants Awarded 2023
06 September 2023Please click download to view a list of the most recent Archaeological Research for World Heritage Sites Grants awarded. Individual reports will be published here in 2024.
DownloadRecording carvings on the exterior stones at Newgrange, County Meath
20 October 2022Recording of carvings on the exterior stones at Newgrange County Meath over the summer of 2022
DownloadResearch towards the publication of the Stalleen Excavation Report:
20 October 2022This book discusses the results of archaeological excavations that took place in Stalleen, Co. Meath, in 2008 under the direction of Mandy Stephens.
DownloadDirected Research for World Heritage Sites Awarded 2022
07 April 2022Please click download to view a list of the most recent Directed Research for World Heritage Sites awarded. Individual reports will be published here in 2023
DownloadResearch towards the publication of the Stalleen Excavation Report
28 October 2021The archaeological excavation at Staleen revealed a significant multi period site.
DownloadRecording hitherto neglected carvings and inscriptions at Newgrange Co. Meath
28 October 2021This report details research and survey work carried out at Newgrange to establish a more complete record of the megalithic art and create a photographic record of the graffiti from recent centuries.
DownloadDirected Research for World Heritage Sites awarded 2021
09 March 2021Please click download to view a list of the most recent Directed Research for World Heritage Sites awarded . Individual reports will be published here in 2022.
DownloadUnderstanding Sceilig Mhichíl in the context of universal monasticism
18 March 2020Report not available yet.
DownloadLarge-scale electrical resistivity survey at Brú na Bóinne: a comparative case study with magnetometry
18 March 2020Report not available yet.
DownloadThe Pleasant Boyne”: Putting the river at the heart of the Brú na Bóinne
27 March 2019The report for this project will be available in 2020. Awarded: €11,663
DownloadRathcroghan Field System Survey Report
27 March 2017This report provides a summary of the work carried out at the site, to date. Funding for this work was obtained through the Directed Archaeological Research for World Heritage Sites grant scheme. Awarded: €5,000.
DownloadWestern Stone Forts 3D Project
26 March 2016This report provides a summary of the work carried on this project, to date. Funding for this work was obtained through the Directed Archaeological Research for World Heritage Sites grant scheme. Awarded: €4,735.
DownloadHill of Uisneach, Co. Westmeath
27 March 2017Awarded: €422. There is no report available for this project.
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