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Any archaeological endeavors being made to take advantage of the drought?

  • 05-07-2018 8:33pm
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    my3cents
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    Just crossed my mind while cutting the brown patch that we once called a lawn.

    There is a fairly obvious oblong pattern in the lawn that looks like there are foundations to an old building down there. No sign of a structure on any of the old ordinance survey maps so just a chance there is something of interest.

    Anyway the obvious extension is that there must be areas worth surveying possibly by air in these extreme weather conditions to see if anything shows up.


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    Wibbs
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    I remember that the big drought of 1976 showed up a load of new sites in England for that very reason.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • #3
    my3cents
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    Wibbs wrote: »
    I remember that the big drought of 1976 showed up a load of new sites in England for that very reason.

    That was part of my thinking.

    Used to have an aerial photograph of the stately home where I worked taken that summer that showed up all the old land drains and most of them were buried 4 - 6 foot under ground.


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    dball
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    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=107483218&postcount=4305

    seen this in the weather forum, thought you guys in here might find this interesting


  • #5
    Fathom
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    Shadows of ancient settlements. Cool!


  • #6
    Donalde
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    This might be a good time to walk around lake shores. I have found numerous deposits of slag, from early metal working, on our lake shore, exposed because of the low water level.


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  • #7
    magicbastarder
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    https://twitter.com/dadbodworldtour/status/1016808613745217538


  • #8
    ZeRoY
    Registered Users Posts: 959 ✭✭✭ZeRoY


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/dadbodworldtour/status/1016808613745217538

    I just did a post on it :)


  • #9
    cfuserkildare
    Registered Users Posts: 3,573 ✭✭✭cfuserkildare


    Biggest issue I am seeing in this almost perfect weather is that most of the Online maps are Sooooo out of date it is laughable.
    The maps on the NMS website seem to be about 10 years out of date!


  • #10
    my3cents
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    I would have thought it was a bit of a no brainer for any one (or group) interested in archaeology in a particular area to team up with someone with a decent quadrocopter to take a look around while we still have this weather.


  • #11
    HighLine
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    Any suggestions for potential locations of interest in the Wicklow area? Might try and get out and fly at the weekend.


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  • #12
    ZeRoY
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    HighLine wrote: »
    Any suggestions for potential locations of interest in the Wicklow area? Might try and get out and fly at the weekend.

    Maybe this helps?

    http://www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/wicklow.htm


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    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    my3cents wrote: »
    Just crossed my mind while cutting the brown patch that we once called a lawn.

    There is a fairly obvious oblong pattern in the lawn that looks like there are foundations to an old building down there. No sign of a structure on any of the old ordinance survey maps so just a chance there is something of interest.

    Anyway the obvious extension is that there must be areas worth surveying possibly by air in these extreme weather conditions to see if anything shows up.

    Video here and article (ref linked twitter above)


    https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2018/0711/977969-newgrange/


  • #14
    my3cents
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    gozunda wrote: »
    Video here and article (ref linked twitter above)


    https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2018/0711/977969-newgrange/

    Interesting point about the henge showing up in the crop I would have been looking at grassland sites. Would love to see an after a picture of that site taken post harvest to see how it changes.


  • #15
    HighLine
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    ZeRoY wrote: »
    Maybe this helps?

    http://www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/wicklow.htm

    Thanks, will have a look through the list tonight and see about possible locations.


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