International Fieldschool for Hill of Slane 8th-13th April

Rossnaree Archaeological Project — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:28:15 +0000

A major international archaeological field school will take place in Slane, focusing on the Hill of Slane, in April. The course titled An Introduction to Multi-Method Archaeological Site Survey: Surface Collection and Remote Sensing is aimed at graduates from an archaeology or earth sciences background.

This course is being run in cooperation with the ArchaeoLandscapes Europe Project with the assistance of the Discovery Programme and the Irish Archaeology Field School and full details may be accessed here:

http://archaeolandscapes.eu/index.php/outreach/workshops/212.html

The course will introduce surface collection, low level aerial photography, upstanding building recording and a range of archaeological geophysical techniques. It will provide an understanding of the principles of and hands-on experience of the basic field operation of the techniques. There will also be instruction in data processing, data interpretation and reporting.

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Slane Local Heroes

Rossnaree Archaeological Project — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:34:32 +0000

The Hill of Slane Archaeological Project is one of the first projects of the Slane Local Heroes initiative. There was a public meeting on Tuesday 17th January in the Parish Hall in Slane where the Slane Local Heroes project was launched. There was a short presentation on each of the four projects currently in planning, including the HoSAP. The meeting was very well-attended with standing room only in the hall and there was a lot of interest in the HoSAP and in the poster display on the project.

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