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EDITOR: Duncan Berryman. School of Geography, Archaeology & Palaeoecology, Queen's
University Belfast, BELFAST, BT7 1NN Email: [email protected]
THE ULSTER ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
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FROM THE EDITOR We come to the end of another busy year for the UAS. This year has seen new adventures for the Society with the introduction of our British field trip in September and our Survey Group exploring new sites by sea and continuing to grow in strength. This year has also seen a full programme of interesting lectures and workshops. And 2013 is already looking set to be just as action packed and enjoyable. This year has also been notable for the coverage of archaeology in the media (and not just because the Mayan calendar ends in December 2012). The highlight over the past six months has been the crannog excavation at Cherrymount, Fermanagh, with some really amazing early medieval finds being produced from this excellently preserved site; many shining a new light on our understanding of this period in Ireland. We have also been following the news of the excavation of Richard III in a Leicester car park. But in November, Brian Williams reminded us of the economic value of Northern Ireland’s archaeological heritage and indicated that the UAS membership will have an important role to play as the changes to public administration mean that planning decisions will be at a local level. This will provide opportunities for our members to use their knowledge of their local landscape to help protect archaeological sites.
Duncan Berryman Newsletter Editor
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ULSTER ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY EVENTS Lectures 8pm Elmwood Building, Queen’s University Belfast Monday 25th February -‐ Michelle Comber (NUI Galway): Excavations in
Caherconnell Townland, Co Clare - searching for the Early Medieval, finding Neolithic to 17th Century AD
Monday 25th March -‐ Mark Gardiner (QUB): Mapping Lost Worlds: A Survey of the
Archaeological Landscapes of the Antrim Plateau Monday 29th April -‐ Nick Maxwell (Wordwell): Archaeology Ireland: 25 Years,
100 Issues Monday 27th May – Conor Brady (Dundalk IT): Old Questions and New
Technologies, The Hill of Slane Archaeological Project Field trips 3rd – 5th May – County Trip: Donegal Mid September – Continental Trip: Portugal The Donegal trip is fully booked, but you can add your name to a waiting list and you should register your interest in the Portugal trip ASAP (contact Anne McDermott - [email protected] or 028 90 761 454)
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MONDAY 28 JANUARY 2013
The 71st Annual General Meeting of the Ulster Archaeological Society will be held in the Lecture Theatre, Queen's University Elmwood Building, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast BT9, on Monday 28 January 2013, commencing 7.45pm.
Agenda 1. President's Address. 2. Minutes of 70th Annual General Meeting held on Monday 30th January 2012. 3. Honorary Secretary's Annual Report for 2012. 4. Honorary Treasurer's Annual Report for 2012. 5. Honorary Editor Ulster Journal of Archaeology Annual Report for 2012. 6. Honorary Editor UAS Newsletter Annual Report for 2012. 7. Election of Officers. 8, Election of two Ordinary Committee Members, General Committee (3-‐year term). 9. Election of Honorary Auditor. 10. Business of which notice has been given. 11. Any other business. Notices of motion and nominations for officers and committee positions should reach Mr Ken Pullin, Hon Secretary, Ulster Archaeological Society, c/o School of GAP (QUB, Belfast, BT7 1NN) not later than Monday 14 January 20 13. The President, three Vice Presidents, Honorary Secretary, Hon. Treasurer, Hon. Editor Ulster Journal of Archaeology, Hon. Editor UAS Newsletter and Hon Auditor are elected annually. Two Ordinary Members of the General Committee retire annually and are not eligible for re-‐ election for one year. Following the business of the AGM there will be a PowerPoint presentation of the Society's field trips during 20 12 and an illustrated account of the activities of the Survey Group during the year.
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SURVEY GROUP Our 2012 survey season progressed despite the challenging weather conditions. In August, we visited a very interesting farm site at Johnston’s Green at Divis. From a distance, this site did not look too difficult, but on closer inspection there were a whole range of interesting features, including the remains of the farm buildings, a well, possible flax retting ponds, lazy beds and boundary walls. The remains appeared to be very old and stimulated much debate about the people who might have lived there and their part in the social economy of this area in the past. In September, we were due to return to Divis as Mal had identified at least three sites for us. We hoped to split into three groups and bring all our equipment into use, but we had not anticipated the widespread traffic chaos resulting from the Ulster Covenant parades. Instead, we made our way to Rowallane to begin our report-‐writing efforts, as we had built up quite a backlog of work. This proved to be a worthwhile decision, as three new reports were quickly completed. These reports (Rough Fort Rath, Limavady, Castle Ward Gasworks and Divis Cashel) are now available on the UAS website, bringing our total to 30 completed survey reports! This is a tremendous achievement by the members of the survey group and represents a lot of private research and preparation. Well done to all concerned. In November, our President, Barrie Hartwell, held a lithics course (flint to you and me) at Queen’s University. Twenty-‐five members of the survey group attended and all agreed that the course was extremely interesting and informative. This course followed on from a ceramics (pottery to you and me) course that Barrie held in March. We are indeed fortunate to have someone of Barrie’s calibre to provide such courses and very much appreciate his help and support for the activities of the survey group. Our last outing of the season is planned for Rowallane on 24 November. We don’t hold a December meeting as it usually clashes with the Christmas holidays, but I suspect we would get a few members along if we did!! 2012 has been a very successful year for the survey group and membership continues to grow steadily. Members are not expected to turn up for every outing, but there is a hard core who do, and to them I would like to say a heart-‐felt thank you for their loyal support. Also, our efforts have been made substantially easier due to the help and support of Mal Conway, who has been a willing and enthusiastic supporter of the survey group since its inception.
Harry Welsh Fieldwork Co-ordinator
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UAS TRIP TO WESSEX 16th – 23rd SEPTEMBER 2012 The very name WESSEX conjures up images of Stonehenge, Alfred the Great and the writer Thomas Hardy. This English region was the venue for the UAS Main Field trip for 2012 as part of the now legendary Anne MacDermott organised tours which get more and more popular with every passing year, 2012 being our first residential trip to Great Britain. On arrival on Sun 16th Sept our base for the week was the most attractive city of Salisbury staying in the comfortable well located Middleton Hotel on the edge of the city centre less than fifteen minutes walk from all the major city attractions. As we visited many sites during the week the report will go through the main and most interesting sites. Monday morning our first port of call was to nearby Stonehenge, a World Heritage site, a must for all devoted followers of archaeology. We were keen to get there early before the daily queues of 'pilgrims' begin to overwhelm the site, which is still in the process of the development of a new visitor centre expected to open in 2013. We spent an exciting hour walking round the site around the roped off centre stones speculating on various theories as to site origins and meaning within the wider Neolithic landscape. Short visits then were made to nearby Woodhenge and Durrington Walls monuments, believed to date back to 2,300 BC. Later heading westwards towards the Dorset border we arrived in the town of Shaftesbury in time for lunch before we visited Shaftesbury Abbey. Now a shadow of its former self having reached its zenith in the early Middle Ages after the time of Alfred the Great it was virtually destroyed during the time of Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. The abbey prospered in the Middle Ages with endowments from various kings and it was said to have become the wealthiest nunnery in England. Still we were able to see from the ground plan along with the reconstructed sections in the Abbey museum how grand the structure was. The abbey gardens were a delight in the afternoon sun. Our next visit was to Old Waradour Castle en route to our hotel. This hexagonal shaped castle dated back to the times of 14th Century and it survived till the English Civil war of 1649 when its then occupants, the Arundells, lost and it was destroyed in the struggle with Cromwell's forces. Later on in the 18th century a pavilion or banqueting house was built overlooking a lake at the edge of the castle bailey and this seems to blend in with the formal gardens designed by Capability Brown. Tuesday we headed north first to drop into a most exclusive school Marlborough College where the daughter of a past President of UAS (Tom Hayes) was previously on the teaching staff. Our objective was to look at a motte within the grounds. Past pupils of the school include Kate Middleton and her sister Pippa. Prince Andrew’s two daughters Eugenia and Beatrice were also pupils as were the wives of both Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne. We were fortunate not only to look at the Motte but also to see a small display in one of the school buildings of the history of the school since its establishment in 1843. We then made our way a few miles away to what is obviously the most spectacular concentration of important Neolithic monuments in Wessex that justifies a World Heritage tag, perhaps even more compelling than Stonehenge.
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First we were treated to a visit to West Kennett Passage grave by walking up to the hilltop site to take in the landscape including nearby Silbury Hill, the largest man made structure in northern Europe. We then spent some 4 hours in and around Avebury with its massive number of standing stones within the henge area that includes a village of Avebury with the parish church and a museum. Wednesday was a day off from the coach so we concentrated on Salisbury. First most of us walked from hotel to nearby Old Sarum, the forerunner of medieval Salisbury. The site dates back to the Iron Age when a hillfort was established, then a Roman site which continued to be a focal point into the Middle Ages. With its spectacular view of the surrounding countryside we took in the old site of the former castle and the ground plan of the nearby Cathedral. Due to a fallout between the castle and cathedral the Church decided to move to a new more central site New Sarum (Salisbury). We then walked into central Salisbury to join a tour of the Cathedral mostly built in 13th Century, the close it is situated in is one of the finest architectural settings anywhere in Britain. The Cathedral is one of the most wonderful masterpieces of medieval architecture and its elegant West façade plus the graceful soaring spire rising to 404 ft. To round it off we visited the Chapter House to see one of the original few surviving copies of the 13th Century Magna Carta. After lunch most of us headed to nearby 15th Century Kings House which houses Salisbury and South Wiltshire museum in the Close where we were taken around by museum curator. Here we were able to pick up a lot of the archaeology of Wessex from sites already visited plus the history of development of modern Salisbury. They included General Pitt Rivers' Wessex collection. Thursday we went to Down Farm Museum in the Cranbourne Chase in the chalklands area west of Salisbury, a private museum created by farmer Martin Green on his own land who has become an archaeologist. The museum is housed in what was originally a chicken shed and contains three galleries. Two of the galleries related to local geology and domestic and industrial history. The third one was devoted to archaeology of the district and we were privileged to have Martin with us and able to get copies of his book 'A Landscape revealed' about the 10,000 year history of the area. Much of the local area had been investigated by General Pitt Rivers himself. Certainly it was a highlight of the day and probably one to remember of the entire week. Afternoon visits were made to Rockbourne Roman Villa and Museum where we saw bath-‐houses and later before returning to Salisbury we visited St Marys Church at Breamor, an important church dating back to Saxon times 1000 AD. Friday we were privileged to get access to restricted MoD sites on Salisbury Plain with our guide Richard Osgood. The Army have been there since 1897 taking in approx ten per cent of the county of Wiltshire in an area some 25 miles by 10 miles. It contains well over 2,000 archaeological sites from 4,000 BC to near modern times. The army have been working in close partnership with Wessex Archaeology to preserve and maintain sites as best as possible. We were fortunate to make a stop on the Plain to get a group photograph beside an abandoned tank. Later we made a rather sad visit to an abandoned village called Imber which was taken over in 1943 for the purpose of preparing the Allied forces for D Day invasion in 1944 and due to be returned after the war but it has never happened.
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The abandoned village church was opened for us and we were able to see inside the current state and surviving architectural features and the adjoining churchyard has still been used for burials of villagers in recent times. After lunch we headed eastwards to Danebury Fort to near Andover, an impressive oval Iron Age hillfort site where archaeologist Barry Cunliffe worked for over 30 years. It was occupied for at least 500 years till the time of Julius Caesar. Apart from a small group who went on to nearby Andover Museum, most of us climbed up from the car park to the top through the ditches and where the gate had been situated to the top and here standing inside it one gets the impact of how large the site was. Saturday saw us heading to Basingstoke, the new town is one of the 20th Century, but we were heading for nearby Basing, a multi period site with a castle built by the de Port family after 1066, spanning from 1100 AD to modern times. It was particularly important at time of English Civil War when the huge palace was destroyed. It was of considerable size having as many as 360 rooms. First we went through the few surviving parts of the site namely the large Tithe Barn which gives an idea of how vast the complex was. We were entertained by a group of actors specialising in living history themes with King Henry and his many wives making an appearance. After lunch we headed for Roman Silchester which actually dates further back to the Iron Age times, a fantastic site with the parish church included in the complex. Even a quick walk around some of the walls which stretched for some 2.4 km, gave us an idea of the extensive site which has not been fully excavated and which spread over 32 hectares. There was also a nearby amphitheatre. Our last port of call was to nearby Whitchurch Silk Mill, a fascinating museum devoted to silk industry from times of late medieval trade with China and Central Asia. The mill itself was a water mill built on the River Test in 1800 and connected to Winchester Cathedral and converted into a silk mill in 1817. A museum was opened in 1985 by the well known local resident the Master of Rolls the Lord Justice Denning. Sunday was our last day and our luck ran out with the weather which had been great up to that point, dry, warmish and sunny spells to be replaced by heavy rain. After a morning at leisure in Salisbury we spent the afternoon in nearby Winchester where we headed for the Great Hall to see what is reputed to be King Arthur’s Round Table. It has been dated by archaeologists (dendrochronology) to about the late 13th Century, it fitted in line with popular tradition. There was time to look at adjoining museum display on archaeology by Martin Biddle and history of Winchester. Most of the group had a look around Winchester (in the rain), some of us were fortunate to get inside the Cathedral which had been closed till 5pm for a special service. There we could compare and contrast the Cathedral with Salisbury. Here we have more of the old Norman Cathedral features to be seen in contrast to Salisbury. After boarding the bus we sped towards nearby Southampton Airport for a flight back home to Belfast.
Ian Forsythe
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UAS TRIP TO WESSEX 16th – 23rd SEPTEMBER 2012
Stonehenge
Woodhenge
Photos by Pat O’Neill
Silbury Hill
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Inside the chamber of West Kennett Long Barrow
Interior of Salisbury Cathedral
Winchester Great Hall and Roundtable
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SEPTEMBER LECTURE
In September, the first of the Ulster Archaeological Society’s autumn series of lectures was delivered by Professor Audrey Horning, Queen’s University, Belfast. Professor Horning’s research interests are focused on comparative colonialism and the relationship between archaeology and contemporary identity. Her lecture was entitled “Telling Tales, A tale of five sites (and counting): Deciphering the archaeology of Goodland, North Antrim.”
Audrey began by placing Goodland in its geographical context on the North coast, between Fair Head and Tor Head, taking its name from the fertile soil conditions created by the underlying chalk deposits. The most notable archaeological feature of Goodland is its 129 earthen huts, with opposing doors, but what always struck Audrey was the intervisibility of the site with the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland. The title of the lecture ‘Telling Tales’ was chosen to emphasise how archaeologists construct stories from their interpretation of sites and how these tales are influenced by the prevailing theories of the time. Tale #1
Jean Graham’s excavation in the 1950s uncovered flint, pottery and a cist burial, which she interpreted as a Neolithic village. The presence of glazed ware and a pipe stem were explained simply as the remnants of rubbish from recent centuries. This tale was told in the context of increased interest in the study of the prehistoric period, focused on major sites like Lough Gur. Tale #2
Our second tale centres on Humphrey Case who took over the excavations at Goodland, but failed to credit Graham for her work on the site. The 1952-‐53 excavations revealed twenty six pits surrounded by ditches. These pits contained the remains of broken Neolithic pots, flint and dark earth, which is typically associated with domestic occupation. Nevertheless, Case ignored the dark earth, as well as a large quantity of glazed ware, and a 15th/16th century silver brooch, concluding that all the Neolithic objects had been brought to the site from elsewhere. What would have driven the Neolithic occupants of the site to have engaged in such an activity? Case argued that Goodland was part of a Neolithic ritual landscape and the ritual of depositing objects in pits aimed to encourage ‘flint growth’. Audrey stated she was all for creative interpretations, but would leave the final judgement of his interpretation to those present. A twist in the tale…
Eimear Nelis reanalysed all lithics from the previous excavations in 2003, which provided evidence for production, use and discarding of flint tools on the site, so not Humphrey Case’s Neolithic ritual landscape after all! Tale #3
The third tale presented by Prof. Horning was that of Estyn Evans and his view of Goodlands as a ‘most interesting and extensive collection of booley [huts]’. Evan’s viewed the area as a marginal place and through evidence in the OS Memoirs and the architectural form of the structures, concluded it was a transhumance site. This tale illustrates a different view from that of a fertile Neolithic landscape, highlighting the role of interpretation in understanding archaeology. Between the tales
In 2002 a survey was conducted at the Goodland site. The survey recorded 100 hut sites and other features, half of which were single roomed structures with opposing doors, similar to many known booleying sites in Ireland. The regularity of the huts, with their long axis to the sea, suggesting regularity and contemporary. Perhaps they represent another tale to be told? Also, on inquiring about the medieval and post-‐ medieval material uncovered in previous excavations by Case, Audrey could find no trace of the artefacts, which she believes were discarded as they were viewed by previous archaeologists as ‘post-‐interesting’.
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Tale #4 Audrey moved on then to her own tale, that of Goodland as a Scottish settlement. She
stressed the long standing connection between the north of Ireland and Scotland, especially during the 16th and 17th centuries, and the English concern with this relationship. Evidence for Audrey’s tale can be elucidated from cartographic evidence including Ralph Lane’s map which states the area was where the Scots lit their warning fires, while Murlough Bay provides landscape evidence, as it is one of a small number of possible landing points and historically there is documentation which expresses the English anxieties of the Scottish aiding the Irish during this period. However, Audrey acknowledges the challenge of identifying the settlement as Scottish or Irish in an archaeological context, due to the shared cultural zone, practices and, at times, language between the two. Audrey’s tale continues into the 17th century with the role of Randal McDonald in the unofficial Plantation. During the 1630s the area of Goodland was regranted to Alexander and Donal Magee under the condition of bringing Roman Catholic tenants from Scotland to their land, establishing a permanent plantation of Catholic Scottish tenants. Audrey parallels Goodlands with Finlaggan, the centre of the Lordship of the Isles, as the Scottish settlement has similar structures, but were constructed of stone, not earth. Nick Brannon and Audrey Horning had the opportunity to excavate part of a damaged hut, in which they hoped to uncover ‘post-‐interesting’ material, but discovered a spread of charcoal, pottery and flint instead. With an eye of faith and an attachment to her story, Audrey saw an Ulster coarse ware fragment as evidence of her story, but in reality the jury was out until a date for the spread was obtained. Dramatic interlude
Upon taking up her position at Queen’s University, one of the first things Audrey did was send a sample for radiocarbon dating. The date came out as late 18th/ early 19th century, but Audrey was not convinced. When the site at Goodland is compared with other sites of this period there is a distinct lack of detritus to suggest an 18th century origin. Tales #5
Audrey posed a potential fifth tale for us to consider. Near the site are a number of limekilns and, she hypothesised, perhaps the charcoal spread was from a lime worker taking shelter and lighting a fire in the remains of a hut, but as before, this is just another tale and further work will need to be carried out in the future for a wider understanding of the site(s) and their chronology at Goodland. Conclusion
Audrey concluded by stating the past exists in the present and the present gazes at the past. Tales told about the excavations reflect, to an extent, what we want to find, and as archaeologists we look for material to complete our tale. Graham and Case’s conclusion focused on the Neolithic, which was the foci of archaeological research at the time, while Evan’s booley theory was treated differently as it was viewed as an authentic Irish tradition. Audrey’s tale in itself, she admitted, could only be told in a post-‐Troubles era in Northern Ireland. I wonder what other tales are still to be to uncovered at Goodland?
Aaron McIntyre
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OCTOBER LECTURE The Society’s October lecture was given by Roisin O’Reilly; she is an osteoarchaeologist and currently carrying out PhD research at Queen's University Belfast. Roisin presented some of the research that formed part of her undergraduate dissertation, which, appropriately for the Hallowe’en period, was on the archaeology of witchcraft in Ireland. Rosin began by stating that, although witchcraft is a topic that has wide appeal, there has been very little archaeological research on the subject. She then went on to discuss some of the folk beliefs that were prominent from the 16th Century up to the 20th Century. These included concealing shoes in buildings, creating witches’ bottles and mummifying cats. The majority of Roisin’s lecture was about the different archaeological objects that were associated with folk beliefs in witches and the practice of witchcraft. The St Brigid’s Cross appears to be a very Christian object, but it has much older folk associations. Brigid is connected to an ancient fertility goddess and a number of rites developed to ensure the success of the crop and animals, such as hanging out bacon, sprinkling chicken blood in the corners of the room or leaving a cake out for a witch. Traditionally they were made by the women of the household and hung up or given away to protect against fire and illness. Artefacts known as thunderstones were believed to be stones that fell from the sky and caused lightning. In fact, they were prehistoric stone axes. These axes were believed to protect people and houses from disaster and to cure illness in animals and people. They were often built into buildings or placed in roofs. Witchstones were another common artefact; they were hung to avert evil, famine, illness and storms, they also prevented ‘nightmares’ (when a witch rode the horse during the night). It was a common practice to incise a daisy wheel pattern on door posts, windows and especially on the mantelpiece of the fireplace. These patterns were believed to prevent a witch entering the building. There are a number of skeletal remains associated with witches and witchcraft. Many animal skulls have been found buried under the floors of houses. It has been suggested that these were sounding boxes for musical performances, as they created an echo and amplified the sound. An alternative theory is that these represent ‘foundation sacrifices’ for a new building, the skull of the first animal to die after completion was buried. The Museum of Witchcraft in Cornwall contains a number of skulls (one of which was used as a cup by a warlock), a mummified hand and the tarred head of a woman. Throughout the lecture, Roisin discussed a number of examples of witch trials in Ireland (such as the Islandmagee witch trials) and England. But the most interesting was that of Ursula Kemp. A sixteenth century English cunning woman, she was tried and hanged for bewitching her neighbours and killing some of them. In 1921, two skeletons with iron nails were exhumed from a garden in her home town (one believed to be Kemp). The burial became a tourist attraction, later the skeleton was sold a number of times. Eventually science showed that it was not Kemp and the nails had been added later.
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NIEA LECTURES Northern Ireland Environment Agency 2013 programme of public lectures in the Monuments and Buildings Record (MBR). The lectures will take place in the public reading room of Waterman House, 5-‐33 Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LA. Information: 028 90 543 159 or email [email protected]. Admission is free. All welcome. Space is limited at these talks, so please come early to avoid disappointment. Friday 1st February -‐ Brian Williams, Strategy Group: Realising the Value of Northern Ireland’s Historic Environment. Friday 1st March -‐ Colin Hatrick, Architect: A Tale of Stained Glass featuring The Clokey Studios and Supporting Cast. Friday 5th April -‐ Rory McNeary, Centre for Maritime Archaeology: Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS-‐LiDAR) for Cultural Heritage Management. Friday 3rd May -‐ Andrew McClelland, University of Ulster: Crisis and the Northern Ireland Heritage Revolution of the 1960s. Friday 7th June -‐ Ruairi O’Baoill, Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork: The Archaeology of Derry City and its Environs. Friday 5th July -‐ Jonathan Barkley and Colin Dunlop, Northern Archaeological Consultancy: Enigmatic Structures on the A8 Road Scheme. Friday 2nd August -‐Dr Geraldine Carville, Historian and Author: Secrets of Cistercian Music in Ireland 1142-‐1541: Cistercian Abbey Churches Where the Very Stones Sing the Psalms. Friday 20th September 1:00pm -‐ Liam McQuillan, NIEA: Consolidating Ruins: Some recent projects on Scheduled Masonry Monuments.
6:00pm -‐ Terence Reeves-‐Smyth, NIEA: The Flowering Legacy: The Parks and Gardens of the National Trust in Northern Ireland. Friday 4th October -‐ Cormac McSparron, Centre For Archaeological Fieldwork: “…and they won land among the Picts by friendly treaty or the sword” new thoughts from archaeology on Dál Riadic migrations to Scotland. Friday 1st November -‐ Malachy Conway, National Trust: Title to be confirmed. Friday 6th December -‐ Prof Audrey Horning, Queens University Belfast: Ireland in the Virginian Sea: Comparative Archaeology of Early Modern Atlantic Expansion.
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