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Corrib Logboats

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    #32
    anglingcharts
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭anglingcharts


    You'll also find some more details of the Carrowmoreknock Boat in the Corrib wrecks section on my website.

    wwx.anglingcharts.com/corribwrecks/thecarrowmoreknockboat.html

    Naturally the link wont work.......

    Anglingcharts


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    #33
    tphase
    Registered Users Posts: 1,043 ✭✭✭tphase


    http://www.anglingcharts.com/corribwrecks/thecarrowmoreknockboat.html
    Impressive work...as usual, it takes a dedicated individual to get stuff done in this country. I'm not particularly berating the relevant agencies, they tend to be restricted by funding and regulations etc. but if it were not for the efforts of certain individuals, artifacts such as these would remain at the bottom of our lakes.
    Make no mistake, these finds are of European if not global importance.


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    #34
    dublinviking
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭dublinviking


    great video. Is there a place where we can see the cargo? Or at least a description of it?


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    #35
    anglingcharts
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭anglingcharts


    They will, I think, be covered in a special feature in this months "Current Archaeology". Several papers, including yesterdays UK Times have run articles, mainly rather inaccurate and with the wrong photos, however the details carried by these publications are as follows.

    3 x Battle Axes - now on display in the national Museum
    1 x Work Axe
    2 x Spear Heads (Darts)
    1 x large flat shaped piece of pink sandstone
    1 x fossil bearing rock


    The fossil bearing rock I knew nothing about, and I've yet to hear from the UAU about it.

    Many published articles, in fact the majority, have run with a picture of the Rinnaknock boat, a small 9ft single man boat in poor condition, to accompany their description of the Carrowmoreknock Boat or the Annaghkeen Boat. I'm patiently waiting for one to get it right !

    AnglingCharts


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    #36
    tphase
    Registered Users Posts: 1,043 ✭✭✭tphase


    anglingcharts wrote: »
    I'm patiently waiting for one to get it right !

    AnglingCharts
    ..you may be waiting a while for that...


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    #37
    slowburner
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,218 Mod ✭✭✭✭slowburner


    Abstract from an article on the Corrib boats in Current Archaeology.
    http://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/the-logboats-in-the-lake.htm


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    #38
    davycc
    Registered Users Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭davycc


    slowburner wrote: »
    I fail to see the value of a newspaper report from eight years ago.
    There is no question that the NMI was under-resourced then, and is probably even more so now.
    It is not as if the staff of the museum wantonly and maliciously set out to ensure that objects are stored in poor circumstances, inaccessible and hidden away. The museum is duty bound to accept all archaeological material found during excavation and they have been doing so for 200 years - that's a whole heap of material - close to 4 million objects and rising! They are bound by law to store material and that is the primary reason why objects are slow to show up in regional museums. Furthermore, accreditation criteria are particularly strict for decentralised museums and the funds necessary to fulfill those requirements (storage conditions, archiving, conservation methodologies etc.) can be prohibitively expensive - especially in these austere times.

    The most up to date report recognises the knowledge and expertise of the museum's curatorial staff and indeed anyone who has had reasons to research collections will attest to that. Equally, anyone who has tried to pick their way through the antiquated indexing systems will know that it is seriously in need of an overhaul.

    The good news is that it seems that the museum's shortcomings are about to be mitigated somewhat as funding will become available through a shared €21 million fund for digitisation and outreach and €30 million towards a shared off-site storage facility.

    Sorry for the late reply here ,but could you kindly point me in the direction of any newer reports please?:)


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    #39
    slowburner
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    davycc wrote: »
    Sorry for the late reply here ,but could you kindly point me in the direction of any newer reports please?:)

    This thread is about the Corrib boats.


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    #40
    anglingcharts
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭anglingcharts


    I've put some new images and information about the recently announced Lees 5 Boat onto my FB page - loughcorrib.charts. This vessel is at least as well preserved as the Carrowmoreknock boat (Viking axes), but is some 1400 years older. The objects found inside are probably unique in Irish archaeology in their level of preservation. I'm looking forward to seeing both the axe, and the oar exhibited - hopefully locally one day.

    anglingcharts


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    #41
    _Puma_
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    Nationwide had a piece about the Corrib logboats yesterday evening, starts around 2 minutes in. Great stuff from all involved!


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    #42
    robp
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    _Puma_ wrote: »
    Nationwide had a piece about the Corrib logboats yesterday evening, starts around 2 minutes in. Great stuff from all involved!

    Excellent to see the finds. The early iron age axe is fascinating.


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    #43
    tphase
    Registered Users Posts: 1,043 ✭✭✭tphase


    link to the nationwide piece here
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTQiXfrs42Q&feature=youtu.be


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    #44
    _Puma_
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    "Current Archaeology" article now available online in full. Very good read.


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    #45
    tphase
    Registered Users Posts: 1,043 ✭✭✭tphase


    talk about the log boats by Karl Brady of the Underwater Archaeology Unit, Oughterard Courthouse next Thursday at 6:30pm

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