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Oideas Gael, Gleann Cholm Cille

Ysgol Haf Archeolog, 3 - 10 Awst 2002

Archaeology Summer School, 3 - 10 August 2002

Scoil Shamhraidh Seandálaíochta, 3 - 10 Lúnasa 2002

Just for a bit of variety, I finished off the holiday with the Archaeology Summer School at Oideas Gael. I wasn't sure what to expect - possibly just walking round the local monuments and being told all about them. In the end, it was anything but! We walked around the monuments all right, but we had to do the telling. It was an interesting style of 'teaching' and a lot of fun, as we examined the evidence and then argued over our own theories until we came to some conclusions - and I'm sure we all learned and remembered far more that way than from more traditional lectures. Highly recommended.

Many thanks to Prof. Herity and Dr. Kelly for organising such an interesting and mentally stimulating week.

I've not bothered with the general photos of the antiquities here, as a lot can be seen on the page from 2000.




Stad 2 of the Turas - the group deep in discussion
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The multiple tomb at Malin More - there's obviously something fascinating in the distance.
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Maura and Prof. Herity re-assemble a broken cross-slab in the churchyard.
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Kilclooney Dolmen - very impressive one - the nearby Dolmen Centre is well worth a visit, and they can direct you to the dolmen.
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Kilclooney again, as everyone walks round to examine the smaller tomb.
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Court Cairn near Shalwy - seriously impressive, but a bit tricky to get to.
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A small group of intrepid explorers at Shalwy.
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Dr. Kelly at Stad 12(I think). Good carving, but possibly unfinished at the bottom?
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A nice shot of the church, under a bright blue sky, with a hedge full of fuchsia and montbretia
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And a couple of other shots from the hols: I called in at Newgrange on the way to Gleann:
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The entrance to Newgrange - really quite uncrowded!
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One of the decorated kerbstones at Knowth
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Knowth outside
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The passage into the chamber at Knowth.
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Other photos from this summer...

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