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Another possible monument discovered – but this time, in someone else's drone photograph!

Another possible monument discovered – but this...

I may have found an unrecorded Bronze Age barrow monument in a drone photograph. However, the photograph was not taken by me. It was captured by Peter Nagy of DRONE...

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Another possible monument discovered – but this...

I may have found an unrecorded Bronze Age barrow monument in a drone photograph. However, the photograph was not taken by me. It was captured by Peter Nagy of DRONE...

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Loughcrew conservation: we need to think about what intervention would look like

Loughcrew conservation: we need to think about ...

The Meath Chronicle newspaper recently ran a two-page feature article on a campaign by Lar Dooley and others to put a proper conservation management plan in place for the Neolithic...

Loughcrew conservation: we need to think about ...

The Meath Chronicle newspaper recently ran a two-page feature article on a campaign by Lar Dooley and others to put a proper conservation management plan in place for the Neolithic...

If the stones could speak, what story would they tell?

If the stones could speak, what story would the...

The megalithic art of Newgrange is abstract and mysterious. The decorated stones of Síd in Broga appear to tell a story, but if the stones could speak, what story would...

If the stones could speak, what story would the...

The megalithic art of Newgrange is abstract and mysterious. The decorated stones of Síd in Broga appear to tell a story, but if the stones could speak, what story would...

Happy Imbolc. Spring is in the air!

Happy Imbolc. Spring is in the air!

Happy Imbolc! Spring is announcing its arrival with a beautiful dawn chorus, a higher and stronger sun and longer days. The sun's race up the horizon towards summer has begun....

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Happy Imbolc. Spring is in the air!

Happy Imbolc! Spring is announcing its arrival with a beautiful dawn chorus, a higher and stronger sun and longer days. The sun's race up the horizon towards summer has begun....

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The Irish Ringfort book by Matthew Stout is being reprinted

The Irish Ringfort book by Matthew Stout is bei...

There is good news for Irish archaeology fans this month after it was revealed that Matthew Stout's book The Irish Ringfort is to be reprinted. There are as many as...

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The Irish Ringfort book by Matthew Stout is bei...

There is good news for Irish archaeology fans this month after it was revealed that Matthew Stout's book The Irish Ringfort is to be reprinted. There are as many as...

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St. Brigid's Day and Imbolc are not the same thing

St. Brigid's Day and Imbolc are not the same thing

Saint Brigid's Day and the old cross-quarter festival of Imbolc are often celebrated on 1st February. However, as Anthony Murphy argues here, Imbolc can never fall on 1st February and...

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St. Brigid's Day and Imbolc are not the same thing

Saint Brigid's Day and the old cross-quarter festival of Imbolc are often celebrated on 1st February. However, as Anthony Murphy argues here, Imbolc can never fall on 1st February and...

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