Ballaghkeeran Archaeological Dig, 1982
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Format
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JPEG
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Title
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Ballaghkeeran Archaeological Dig, 1982
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Identifier
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VHG0004
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Depiction
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Four persons, including one woman in a field beside a lake
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Description
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The picture shows archaeological fieldwork in progress in the townland of Ballaghkeeran Little, Barony of Kilkenny West, on the S.E. shores of Lough Ree, County Westmeath. Four persons are involved including one woman. The excavation fieldwork was under the direction of Dr. Tom Fanning, Department of Archaeology, University of Galway.
The Archaeological fieldwork included the excavation of a number of trial trenches at a fortified promontory on Lough Ree in the R. Shannon. The possibility that the site was a Viking-type longphort was borne in mind due to the mid 9th- and early l0th-century references to a Viking fortification on the Lough (T. Fanning, 1983, p.221).
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References
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T. Fanning, 1983, Medieval Archaeology, 27, 221
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Bibliographic Citation
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Patsy Clancy, John Waddell, S.G. Jennings, ‘Ballaghkeeran Archaeological Dig, 1982’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14182, Archival Record Id VHRS
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Period
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1980s
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Category
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colour
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group
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off-campus
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outdoors
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Keywords
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Archaeological excavation
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fieldwork
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reseachers
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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University of Galway Library
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Rights
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This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA
see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
