Archaeology and the National Roads Authority - Archaeology and the National Roads Authority Monograph Series No. 1

Edited by Jerry O’Sullivan and published in 2003, this monograph contains the proceedings of two seminars held in 2002 on provisions for archaeological work within the national roads programme. The monograph contains papers dealing with the following subjects:

• Legislation and policy on the protection of the archaeological heritage during road construction (Seán Kirwan)
• A note on archaeological licensing procedures (Jerry O’Sullivan)
• The role of the National Museum of Ireland in archaeological excavations (Nessa O’Connor)
• Archaeology and the National Roads Authority (Dáire O’Rourke)
• The role of the Project Archaeologist and the Code of Practice (Ken Hanley)
• Public sector procurement of archaeological services and EU law (Michael MacDonagh)
• Public-private partnership (PPP) schemes (Gerry Murphy)
• A PPP scheme case study: the N25 Waterford Bypass (James Eogan)
• Archaeological risk and PPPs: the M4 Kinnegad-Enfield-Kilcock scheme (Rónán Swan)
• Archaeological assessment methods for NRA road schemes (Noel Dunne)
• Terrestrial and waterborne geophysical survey for road schemes (Kevin Barton)
• What is post-excavation work? (Sébastien Joubert)
• Reporting, publication & dissemination (Jerry O’Sullivan)
• An introduction to the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (Martin Byrne)

ISBN 0-9545955-0-5
ISSN 1649-3540

Recent Archaeological Discoveries on National Road Schemes 2004 - Archaeology and the National Roads Authority Monograph Series No. 2

Edited by Jerry O’Sullivan and Michael Stanley and published in September 2005, this monograph contains the proceedings of a seminar on recent archaeological discoveries on national road schemes held in the Westbury Hotel in September 2004. The monograph contains papers outlining the archaeology uncovered on a number of road schemes including the N4 Sligo Inner Relief Road, N25 Waterford City Bypass, N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Road Scheme, M50 South Eastern Motorway, M1 Dundalk Western Bypass, M3 Clonee-North of Kells Motorway, N2 Finglas-Ashbourne Road Scheme, M4 Kilcock-Enfield-Kinnegad Motorway, N30 Enniscorthy to Clonroche scheme and N8 Watergrasshill Bypass. The papers include:

• Travels through time (Dáire O’Rourke)
• Valley bottom and hilltop: 6,000 years of settlement along the route of the N4 Sligo Inner Relief Road (Michael MacDonagh)
• Two Neolithic structures in Granny townland, Co. Kilkenny (Joanne Hughes)
• Bronze Age Ballybrowney, Co. Cork (Eamonn Cotter)
• A saddle quern discovered on Site 43, in Ballyduff East, on the route of the N25 Waterford City Bypass (Linda Hegarty)
• From mountain to sea: excavations in the townlands of Glebe and Laughanstown, County Dublin (Matthew Seaver)
• Around the bay on the Great North Road: the archaeology of the M1 Dundalk Western Bypass (Niall Roycroft)
• The M3 Clonee to North of Kells Road Scheme, County Meath (Mary Deevy)
• Iron Age toe-rings from Rath, County Meath, on the N2 Finglas-Ashbourne Road Scheme (Holger Schweitzer)
• Minor ailments, furious fights and deadly diseases: investigating life in Johnstown, County Meath, AD 400-1700 (Linda Fibiger)
• The Hiberno-Scandinavian site of Woodstown 6, County Waterford (Richard O’Brien & Ian Russell)
• Woodstown 6: the finds (Siobhán McNamara)
• Discovery and excavation of a medieval moated site at Coolamurry, County Wexford (Grace Fegan)
• A society in turmoil – as seen in a 17^th century coin hoard from Ballinvinny South, Glamire, County Cork (Ken Hanley)

ISBN 0-9545955-1-3
ISSN 1649-3540

Settlement, Industry and Ritual - Archaeology and the National Roads Authority Monograph Series No. 3

Edited by Jerry O’Sullivan and Michael Stanley and published in August 2006, this monograph contains the proceedings of a seminar on recent archaeological discoveries on national road schemes held in The Gresham Hotel in September 2005. The monograph contains papers outlining the archaeology uncovered on a number of schemes including the N2 Carrickmacross Bypass, the N25 Waterford Bypass, N2 Finglas to Ashbourne Road Scheme, N77 Kilkenny Ring Road Extension, M1 Dundalk Western Bypass, N7 Limerick Southern Ring Road (Phase I), N26 Ballina to Bohola (Stage 1), M7 Portlaoise to Castletown/M8 Portlaoise to Cullahill Motorway and the N6 Kinnegad to Kilbeggan Dual Carriageway. The papers include:

• Archaeology and roads: an historic opportunity (Dáire O’Rourke)
• Neolithic Monanny, County Monaghan (Fintan Walsh)
• Excavation of an early medieval vertical watermill at Killoteran, Co. Waterford (Donald Murphy)
• Archaeological discoveries on a new section of the N2 in Counties Meath and Dublin (Maria FitzGerald)
• Excavation of a ringfort at Leggetsrath West, County Kilkenny (Anne Marie Lennon)
• Archaeological investigation of a souterrain at Tateetra, Dundalk, County Louth (Avril Hayes)
• Excavation of an early medieval ‘plectrum-shaped’ enclosure at Newtown, County Limerick (Frank Coyne)
• Through the mill – excavation of an early medieval settlement at Raystown, County Meath (Matthew Seaver)
• Excavation of a children’s burial ground at Tonybaun, Ballina, County Mayo (Joanna Nolan)
• Archaeological aerial survey – a bird’s-eye view of the M7/M8 in County Laois (Lisa Courtney)
• Death, decay and reconstruction: the archaeology of Ballykillmore cemetery, County Westmeath (John Channing & Patrick Randolph-Quinney)

ISBN 0-9545955-2-1
ISSN 1649-3540

New Routes to the Past - Archaeology and the National Roads Authority Monograph Series No. 4

Edited by Jerry O’Sullivan and Michael Stanley and published in August 2007, this monograph contains the proceedings of a seminar on recent archaeological discoveries on national road schemes held in the Chester Beatty Library in August 2006. The monograph contains papers outlining the archaeology uncovered on a number of schemes including the N11 Gorey to Arklow Link Road, the N5 Charlestown Bypass, the N8 Mitchelstown Relief Road, the N25 Waterford City Bypass, the N7 Limerick Southern Ring Road (Phase II), the N6 Galway to East Ballinasloe PPP scheme, the N52 Mullingar Belvedere Road Improvement Scheme, the M7 Portlaoise to Castletown/M8 Portlaoise to Cullahill motorway scheme and the M3 Clonee of North of Kells motorway scheme. The papers include:

• Beside the rath: excavations at Raheenagurren West, Co. Wexford (Thaddeus C Breen)
• Prehistory and history on the N5 Charlestown Bypass in counties Mayo and Roscommon (Richard Gillespie)
• The new face of Bronze Age pottery (Jacinta Kiely and Bruce Sutton)
• Burial and ritual in late prehistory in north Wexford: excavation of a ring-ditch cemetery in Ask townland (Paul Stevens)
• Environmental archaeology: two examples from the N25 Waterford City Bypass and the N7 Limerick Southern Ring Road (Phase II) (Stephen Carter)
• Time and tide: five millennia of environmental change and human activity on the banks of the Suir (Brendon Wilkins)
• Prehistoric features and an early medieval enclosure at Coonagh West, Co. Limerick (Kate Taylor)
• The quiet landscape: archaeological discoveries on a road scheme in east Galway (Jerry O’Sullivan)
• Pagan or Christian? Excavation of a hilltop cemetery at Cross, Co. Galway (Gerry Mullins)
• Politics, wealth and expansion: the archaeology of a multiperiod enclosure at Rochfort Demesne, Co. Westmeath (John Channing)
• Ancient peoples, hidden landscapes—the archaeology of the M7/M8 motorway scheme (Sylvia Desmond)
• The hidden past of Parknahown, Co. Laois (Tara O’Neill)
• Roestown 2, Co. Meath: an excavation on the M3 Clonee to North of Kells motorway scheme (Robert O’Hara)
  

ISBN 978-0-9545955-3-1
ISSN 1649-3540

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