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WATERFORD COUNTY COUNCIL Supported by the Heritage Council

ARCHAEOLOGY IN COUNTY WATERFORD

A PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY DAY IN LAWLOR’S HOTEL AND DUNGARVAN CASTLE

ALL WELCOME: FREE

Saturday 25 November 2006. 10.00AM – 5.00PM

A day to hear what archaeologists have been discovering at County Waterford’s ancient monuments, road routes and development sites and to hear about some of the County’s ancient objects in national collections.

10.00	Welcome	Mayor of Dungarvan, Teresa Wright & Waterford County Mayor Mary Greene, Chair.
10.15	County Waterford’s Monuments	Maeve O’Callaghan, Archaeologist, the Monuments Service, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
10.45	Roads to New Discoveries in County Waterford	James Eogan, Archaeologist, National Roads Authority, Regional Design Office, Tramore House.
11.15	Tea and coffee
11.30	Woodstown, the Vikings and the River Suir	Richard O’Brien, Archaeologist, National Roads Authority, Tramore House.
12.00	The Archaeology of Mid-Waterford; evidence from excavations in advance of the N25 Kilmacthomas Road Realignment Project	John Tierney, Archaeologist, Eachtra Archaeological Projects
12.30	Waterford's first people and the stone tools they left behind: The early prehistory of Waterford Harbour	Thomas Kador, Archaeologist, University College Dublin.
1.00	Lunch	Available for purchase in hotel etc.
2.00	Tour of Dungarvan Castle	David Pollock, Archaeologist, Archaeografix Ltd.
3.00	King John’s Castle—three summers of excavations	David Pollock, Archaeologist, Archaeografix Ltd.
3.20	Finds from an early Bronze Age burial from Lisnakill, Co. Waterford and other artefacts from Co. Waterford in the National Museum of Ireland	Maeve Sikora, Assistant Keeper of Irish Antiquities National Museum of Ireland
3.40	The Dungarvan Valley Caves Project	Cóilín O’Drisceoil, Kilkenny Archaeology Ltd.
4.00	Discussion
5.00	Conclusions

This event is an Action in the Waterford County Heritage Plan 2006 – 2010, supported by the Heritage Council.
More information from Dominic Berridge, Heritage Officer, Waterford County Council, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
Tel 058 21199 email dberridge@waterfordcoco.ie

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE ATTENDING
Ian Doyle, Archaeology Officer , The Heritage Council, Rothe House, Kilkenny
Tel: 056 - 7770777 | Fax: 056 - 7770788 | e-mail: idoyle @heritagecouncil.com

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