Archaeology Research Grant Reports
Archaeology Research Grants Awarded 2022
30 June 2022Please click download to view a list of the most recent Archaeology Research Grants awarded. Individual reports will be published here in 2023.
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Loughnashade and King’s Stables. Understanding the deposition sites of the Navan landscape
26 January 2022The project examined the Late Bronze Age pool King’s Stables at Haughey’s Fort and Loughnashade at Navan Fort, Co. Armagh.
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Fingerprinting Famine Graves
28 October 2021The planned drone surveys of two Great Famine cemeteries took place at Pulla, Co. Waterford, and Gort, Co. Galway.
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Finding the Black Castle
28 October 2021Our project aimed to identify the site of the medieval Black Castle in Birr, through systematic geophysical survey.
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Geophysical Survey at Haughey's Fort, Co Armagh
28 October 2021This report outlines the preliminary results of the project, which aimed to employ geophysical survey techniques over the important Late Bronze Age hillfort of Haughey's Fort and its environs.
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A preliminary investigation of the materiality of equestrian culture in early medieval Ireland (Interim Report)
28 October 2021This project has sought to provide the first ever overview of early medieval equestrianism and associated equipment. This preliminary report describes work carried out to date.
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Revealing Roesia: geophysical survey at the de Verdun castle at Roche, Co. Louth
28 October 2021This project aims to investigate the building remains within the Anglo-Norman castle and potential Deserted Medieval Village on the plateau to the east.
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A new scientific approach to determine agricultural management strategies in medieval Ireland
20 May 2021Please click download to view a report on this project which was funded under the 2020 Archaeology Research Grants scheme
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Environmental assessment of samples from excavations at Linn Duachaill
20 May 2021Please click download to view a report on this project which was funded under the 2020 Archaeology Research Grants scheme
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Quarrying the past: Petrographic analysis of Dublin’s medieval building stone
20 May 2021Please click download to view a report on this project which was funded under the 2020 Archaeology Research Grants scheme
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A Community Archaeology Project at Killyloughran, Creggan, South Armagh
20 May 2021Please click download to view a report on this project which was funded under the 2020 Archaeology Research Grants scheme
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Northern Ireland’s Round Towers (NIRT): Establishing a Chronology and Technological Understanding through Mortar
20 May 2021Please click download to view a report on this project which was funded under the 2020 Archaeology Research Grants scheme
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19 May 2021Please click download to view a list of the most recent Archaeology grants awarded. Individual reports will be published here in 2022.
Download Archaeology Research Grants Awarded 2020
22 June 2020Please click download to view a list of the most recent Archaeology grants awarded. Individual reports will be published here in 2021.
Download Experiencing Trevelyan’s Corn: Using novel methods in bioarchaeology to reveal the effect of relief food on the bodies of the victims of the Great Irish Famine (1845-1852)
06 September 2019This project used the analysis of carbon and nitrogen isotopes, and the microscopic study of bones to better understand the impact of the introduction of Indian meal into Irish diets.
Download Surveying Knockloon: Revealing a ceremonial complex on the edge of the Burren
03 September 2019This project involved the carrying out of a detailed aerial survey of Knockloon hill using a SUA (a small unmanned aircraft or drone).
Download Powerhouse of the West?: The possible wider influence of Irish Bronze Age material culture and ritual practices
01 September 2019This project re-evaluates the present Ex Occidente Lux paradigm for the origins of metalworking in Ireland.
Download Visualising the medieval O'Kelly caput at Lough Croan, Co. Roscommon
31 August 2019The project seeks to use LiDAR to aid in understanding a landscape which has been identified as an area of central importance to the O'Kelly lords of Uí Maine throughout the medieval period.
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