Knockavrogeen West, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry : Investigation of unclassified megalithic tomb
Short video of the excavation and recording of the tomb before resealing.
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Friends of Knock Iveagh - Ulster Archaeological Society Discovery Conference 2021
Breathing Life into the Embers at Knock Iveagh – The Importance of Community Guardianship in Protecting Heritage at Risk.
The Friends of Knock Iveagh came together in September 2017 following the discovery of the erection of an unauthorised telecommunications mast and flawed Planning Approval for a single wind turbine adjacent to a Scheduled Neolithic hilltop burial cairn on Knock Iveagh, Rathfriland, Co. Down. The Friends are a group comprising working parents with a shared interest in archaeology, Gaelic history, Irish mythology, built heritage, and music.
This video explains the background to our campaign & the importance of Knock Iveagh as the central point of a ritual landscape. It also details the many challenges we have faced as a community group navigating #systemfailni , provides information about new research into the area by Eamonn Kelly and gives details of the Friends’ significant new archaeological discoveries in South Down.
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The sound of an Iron Age trumpet returns to Knock Iveagh after 2,000 years!
The Friends of Knock Iveagh are proud to share the first sounding of the ‘Ardbrin Trumpet’ at Knock Iveagh in over 2,000 years. Help us #saveknockiveagh here: chng.it/pGrSBNtg
The enormous 8 foot-long trumpet, which was found in a bog 2km from the hill during the 19th century, now resides in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. It is believed that it would have been played for the inaugurations of tribal ‘kings’ on Knock Iveagh.
The event was organised by the Friends of Knock Iveagh to highlight the importance of the monument, which is protected by law.
In 2017 a wind turbine was erected on Knock Iveagh following a flawed planning process during which heritage experts were not consulted. Developers are now attempting to prevent locals & members of the public from accessing the site for the first time in its 6,000 year history.
The Friends of Knock Iveagh are campaigning for the removal of the unlawful wind turbine development, and for the site to be taken into State Care, and they are asking supporters to sign and share this online petition: chng.it/pGrSBNtg
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A 'mind-blowing' few weeks for neolithic discoveries near Newgrange
YouTube report by thejournal.ie on the discoveries at Brú na Bóinne in summer 2018, with some good footage of the excavation at Dowth Hall.
Creating Space: Thoughts on place making & clustered house remains in prehistoric Ireland
YouTube video of a talk by Dr. Stefan Bergh, surveyor and excavator at Mullaghfarna.
Dowth Megalithic Tomb, Bru na Boinne, Ireland
Survey work by David Strange-Walker of Trent & Peak Archaeology and Marcus Abbott of ArcHeritage. Thanks to Dr Steve Davis of University College Dublin, and the Office of Public Works, Ireland, for funding this project.