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Recreating the Earliest Image of an Irish City: The Waterford Charter Roll

  • Post published:February 15, 2012
  • Post category:Archaeological Graphics/Archaeology Ireland
  • Post comments:3 Comments

Rubicon Heritage Services were recently commissioned to examine the magnificent Waterford Charter Roll, housed in the Waterford Museum of Treasures. This faded document contains the earliest depiction of an Irish…

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Book Launch: Cois tSiúire and Rubicon’s Work on the Waterford Bypass

  • Post published:February 8, 2012
  • Post category:Archaeological Publication/Archaeology Ireland
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Monday night saw the official launch of Cois tSiúire: 9000 years of human settlement in the Lower Suir Valley, the 8thScheme Monograph to be published by the National Roads Authority (NRA).…

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Story of Ireland Nominated For IFTA Award

  • Post published:January 26, 2012
  • Post category:Archaeological Outreach/Archaeology Ireland
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The joint BBC/RTE production Story of Ireland presented by Fergal Keane has been nominated for an Irish Film and Television Academy award in the 'Factual Programme' Category. The awards ceremony…

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A Day in the Life of Caherduggan Castle, 15th April 1644

  • Post published:January 11, 2012
  • Post category:Archaeological Analysis/Archaeological Excavation/Archaeology Ireland
  • Post comments:3 Comments

As the excavation at Caherduggan Castle winds down we are now concentrating on post-excavation works and trying to find out more about the people who occupied the site. With that…

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Biting the Bullet: The Archaeology of ‘Musketballs’

  • Post published:December 16, 2011
  • Post category:Post Medieval Archaeology/Rubicon Heritage
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The 'musketball' was for many decades one of the most neglected of archaeological finds. They often went virtually unanalysed, tucked away at the back of a finds report and warranting…

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Cork Archaeology Firm Crosses its Rubicon

  • Post published:December 12, 2011
  • Post category:Press Release/Rubicon Heritage
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Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd, Ireland´s premier archaeological consultancy is delighted to announce a fresh start as it is now under new ownership. The company management has agreed terms with Headland…

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I Am Just Going Outside and May Be Some Time….The Rubicon Christmas Field Trip

  • Post published:December 8, 2011
  • Post category:Rubicon Heritage
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Some months ago we brought you the intrepid adventures of some of our office-based archaeologists, who struggled with the reality of suddenly being thrust back into the field for excavation…

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Same Company, New Name: Welcome to Rubicon Heritage Services!

  • Post published:December 6, 2011
  • Post category:Rubicon Heritage
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We are delighted to announce that as a result of a management buy-out Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd is no longer part of Headland Group. In the future we will be…

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The Big Dig at Caherduggan Castle: Find of the Week #4

  • Post published:December 2, 2011
  • Post category:Cork County Council/Medieval Archaeology/Rubicon Heritage
  • Post comments:7 Comments

Yesterday we brought you news of a leather belt that emerged from the excavation of a well at Caherduggan Castle. As the day wore on this phenomenal feature continued to give…

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The Big Dig at Caherduggan Castle: Find of the Week #3

  • Post published:December 1, 2011
  • Post category:Cork County Council/Medieval Archaeology/Rubicon Heritage
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During the excavation process we identified a big dark area behind the moat. Through careful excavation we realized this originally served as a well and was excavated down below the…

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The Big Dig at Caherduggan Castle: Week 3

  • Post published:November 18, 2011
  • Post category:Cork County Council/Excavations/Medieval Archaeology/Post Medieval Archaeology/Rubicon Heritage
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Our third week in Caherduggan was spent excavating sections across a large ditch or moat which surrounded the tower described in last weeks post. We could see this once we…

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The Big Dig at Caherduggan Castle: Find of the Week #2

  • Post published:November 17, 2011
  • Post category:Cork County Council/Medieval Archaeology/Rubicon Heritage
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The castle that once stood on our site was demolished around the middle of the 19th century. When this big stone tower was knocked down we believe that most of the…

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The Big Dig at Caherduggan Castle: Week 2

  • Post published:November 11, 2011
  • Post category:Cork County Council/Headlines/Medieval Archaeology/Rubicon Heritage
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Our second week in Caherduggan was spent cleaning and recording a number of very large foundations which we believe are part of a castle or tower house that stood on…

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The Big Dig at Caherduggan Castle: Find of the Week #1

  • Post published:November 1, 2011
  • Post category:Cork County Council/Medieval Archaeology/Rubicon Heritage
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One of the many great things about digging a moat is that the lower levels tend to be waterlogged. When soil is waterlogged it allows materials such as wood and…

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The Big Dig at Caherduggan Castle: Cracking Castle and Mega Moat

  • Post published:October 28, 2011
  • Post category:Cork County Council/Medieval Archaeology/Rubicon Heritage
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The following blog is the first in a series we are preparing on our excavations of the Castle and Moat at Caherduggan near Doneraile in County Cork. These are being…

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Cooking a pig, Bronze Age style! Part 3 – Porky´s Revenge!

  • Post published:August 4, 2011
  • Post category:Bronze Age Ireland/Faunal Remains/Rubicon Heritage
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Leading on from Cooking a Pig Bronze Age Style Parts 1 and 2 we have stepped up a gear and moved onto pork. Our previous attempt (Part 2) had involved…

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Cooking a pig, Bronze Age Style! Part 2: A Photo Essay

  • Post published:June 27, 2011
  • Post category:Bronze Age Ireland/Faunal Remains/Rubicon Heritage
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Leading on from Cooking a pig, Bronze Age Style Part 1, which set out the theory of cooking a pit using Bronze Age technology, Rubicon's intrepid MD Colm Moloney undertook Part…

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Digging Through the Downturn

  • Post published:June 15, 2011
  • Post category:Archaeology Ireland/Careers/Rubicon Heritage
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The current issue of Archaeology Ireland carries an article by Christine Baker entitled 'Digging Through the Downturn', which offers suggestions and solicits opinions on the future of archaeology in Ireland…

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