Posted on 12/06/2008 9:15:36 AM PST by SunkenCiv
In 2006 a seemingly routine dig suddenly yielded treasure when it turned up a cache of cash near Cashel. That July, archaeologists led by husband-and-wife team Joanne Hughes and Richard O'Brien were excavating the site of an old pond on the planned N8 Cashel bypass route... the team found a total of 18 silver coins clustered near one spot. The pennies date from the reign of king Edward II in the 14th century and most were minted in London, but one was made in Dublin... Road building has turned up a large number of new archaeologically interesting sites that are providing meat for scientific research. Dolan is looking at what these and other sites can tell us about the little-known iron-using habits of the early medieval period in Ireland. "It's to figure out what people were doing with the iron and where, whether it was specialist activity or general repairs," he says... When test-trenching along the proposed N15 bypass route in Co Donegal turned up bones in 2003, the coroner was called. But it soon became apparent that these bones had been there a while. Eventually, skeletal remains from around 1,300 individuals were unearthed from the site, an ancient church and graveyard at Ballyhanna that was used in medieval times and again in the 17th century... Edercloon in Co Longford has long been a popular site for roads, as development work on the N4 showed. Excavations there revealed a network of wooden trackways and platforms in the raised bog, dating from around 3,600 BC right up to AD 800, explains archaeologist Caitríona Moore.
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Priceless!
Thanks for posting this. It is fascinating.
You’re most welcome.
I particularly like the larger version of that coin (click on the small one).
I was taken by the trackways. Took some social organization to build that.
I’m 100 per cent sure there’s a related topic around here someplace, regarding an early medieval wooden causeway, but I couldn’t find it. Ah well. I’ll plaster some other links in the next one, so I don’t fill up your “comments” screen.
Woodwork discovery means summertime dig ends on a high:
Peat-rich soil has preserved carpenter’s...
Aberdeen Press and Journal | July 2008 | Alistair Beaton
Posted on 07/28/2008 9:51:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2052932/posts
Pupils step back in time at Tully Castle
Fermanagh Herald | Wednesday, June 11, 2008 | unattributed
Posted on 06/13/2008 12:16:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2030427/posts
Dig Uncovers African Beads Buried In Ancient (Irish) Village
Irish Examiner | 5-22-2008 | Sean O’Riordan
Posted on 05/22/2008 1:43:03 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019871/posts
Irish Viking Trade Centre Unearthed
BBC | 5-7-2008
Posted on 05/07/2008 6:48:40 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012797/posts
Geology Picture of the Week, April 27-May 3, 2008: Giant’s Causeway, Ireland
simonward.com | Simon Ward
Posted on 04/29/2008 3:11:51 PM PDT by cogitator
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2008821/posts
Archaeological Treasures Found In Roscrea (Ireland)
The Nenagh Guardian | 2-22-2008 | Peter Gleeson
Posted on 02/26/2008 2:52:29 PM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1976708/posts
Ancient Tomb Art Found in Path of Irish Highway
National Geographic News | January 14, 2008 | James Owen
Posted on 01/17/2008 9:41:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1955246/posts
How A Manuscript Found In An Irish Peat Bog Was Saved (Psalms)
The Art Newspaper | 12-18-2006 | MartinBailey
Posted on 12/18/2006 3:12:17 PM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755407/posts
The Romans in Ireland
Archaeology Today | 2000? | L.A. Curchin
Posted on 07/18/2004 8:54:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1173950/posts
Viking ‘Town’ Is Ireland’s Equivalent Of Pompeii
Waterford News And Star | 6-11-2004 | Marion O’ Mara
Posted on 06/13/2004 2:30:31 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1152919/posts
http://www.discoverireland.com/us/
http://www.ni-environment.gov.uk/other-index/places/historic-monuments.htm
Nothing like a little Irish humor to start the day!
As long as Erin goes braless, I’ll be fine.
Lol.
The king looks like a joker & if it was Edward II, t’would be fitting.
:’D
I wonder if that is/was some kind of Viking practice that's been used elsewhere.
That’s common in Europe (well, parts of Europe) due to space constraints. Dunno how they’ve missed another pagan Scandinavian method, a big-ass funeral pyre. ;’)
I never heard of it. If space is a problem, maybe they should put 'em all under roads. Then the next time they "discover" bones when the excavate for a road, they could react to the find, "well, of course there are bones there".
What do they do in Japan? Plant 'em standing up?
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