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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#HeritageWeek walk on St John's Point, Co. Donegal, exploring the intertidal Scar. Local knowledge added new clues as we discussed anchorages, salmon fishing, landing places @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social #HeritageAtRisk

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#HeritageWeek morning explored Bunmahon Head on the #CopperCoast, looking at how geology, #Archaeology and climate change come together in this rapidly changing landscape. Thanks to everyone who joined us, Waterford County Museum, Copper Coast Geopark @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social #HeritageAtRisk

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Internet Archaeology @intarcheditor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

New in IA71: FAIR and Open CHERISH: Data and outputs from TLS and UAV digital photogrammetry surveys of coastal heritage sites in Ireland (Data paper) by Lesley Davidson @anthonycorns.bsky.social @edwardpollard.bsky.social & Robert Shaw @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social doi.org/10.11141/ia.... 🏺

A hierarchical flowchart illustrating the data organization structure of the CHERISH project across six distinct levels, flowing from top to bottom.

Level 1: Parent Collection
Level 2: By County
Level 3: By Site
Level 4: By Cherish Toolkit branching to Terrestrial laser scanning and UAV digital photogrammetry
Level 5: By Data Capture Date
Level 6: Data and Metadata: The final level lists seven text-based output categories branching from the data capture dates: "ground control points," "UAV images," "orthomosaic image," "digital elevation model," "topographic relief visualisations," "figures," and "processing reports."

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

New discoveries at the Woodstown Viking site near Waterford feature on @news.rte.ie Archaeologists from Ireland and Norway are uncovering artefacts and may be revealing the footprint of potentially Ireland’s largest Viking longhouse. tinyurl.com/viking202606 #Archaeology #Vikings #Woodstown

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Dig unearthing Ireland and Norway's Viking past

A team of archaeologists from Ireland and Norway are aiming to unearth more of the two countries' shared Viking past at an archaeological dig near Waterford city.

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

We were delighted to welcome visitors to our Open Day today! We had a wonderful day as we shared our discoveries at the research excavation of a large structure at the heart of the Woodstown Viking Site. #EuropeanArchaeologyDays #EAD #Archaeology #Vikings #Ireland

A man and his two daughters dressed as Vikings, chat with an archaeologist at the Woodstown Viking Site Open Day

Showcasing some of the artefacts on the Woodstown Viking Site Open Day

Discussing the archaeological discoveries at Woodstown Viking Site Open Day

Dr Susan Curran at the Woodstown Viking Site Open Day

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

📢 The Discovery Programme is hiring a skilled communicator to lead digital engagement, public outreach, partnerships, and content production for a national archaeology research centre 🧭 Full-time, permanent role Dublin ⏰ Closing 12 noon Friday 05 June 2026 🔎 Learn more at tinyurl.com/y89vxyp2

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Great to see the latest AARG newsletter out. It features our article on climate change risks at a site in Donegal - also pictured on the front cover! aargonline.com/wp/aarg-news/ The aerial survey was funded by an AARG grant following a CZA grant-aided by @ria.ie funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social

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AARGnews

AARGnews, our bi-annual newsletter, is a diverse, up-to-date and open forum for discussion and exchange of new (and old) ideas.

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The Islands of the Cyclops in Sicily. Sea stacks interpreted as boulders thrown by Polyphemus at Odysseus and early eruptions in the formation of Mt. Etna

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Roman amphitheatre in Catania, Sicily, partly under the more recent buildings but you can still walk around underground

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Happy St Patrick's Day from Discovery Programme! While completing a Coastal Zone Assessment of Doorin Point we found the 1603 map names the headland as St Patrick's Point. This magnificent promontory fort on the Point likely predates the name, & its monumental banks & ditches can still be seen today

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Happy St Brigid's Day! St Brigid is one of the 3 Patron saints of Ireland & is venerated across the world This week we found streets & sisters named after her in Spain, where we're collaborating with EU partners on the AGREE Project, exploring maritime heritage in Spain, Portugal, France & Ireland

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We are in Huelva, Spain for the initial meeting of the AGREE Project. This EU-funded project will run until 2028 and see the Discovery Programme working with partners in Spain, Portugal and France to explore maritime heritage

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Spot the archaeologists! This week we've been onsite in Co. Donegal doing UAV survey at sites around St John's Point, funded by an @aerialarchaeology.bsky.social grant. Here is a cleared shore, traditionally known as the landing place for the medieval Killaghtee church @edwardpollard.bsky.social

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Thank you everyone who joined our #HeritageWeek Coastal Archaeology walk this weekend despite the wet weather! We had a great time exchanging knowledge about this stretch of coast This was grant-aided by @ria.ie, funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social. @heritagecouncil.ie @edwardpollard.bsky.social

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Hut site and cairns in the eroding sand dunes on the Doorin Point survey. @cormacduffy.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Eroding shell middens recorded surveying around Doorin Point, Donegal. @cormacduffy.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Erosion cut through a stream making a new waterfall with the original now dry valley on the townland boundary seen further south. Doorin Point in Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Traces of a cart track running along the intertidal zone was recorded on the Doorin Point survey, Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #Riagrants @ria.ie funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Checking out the erratics used as land marks, place names, fossils and rock formations on the foreshore around Doorin Point promontory fort in Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social #Riagrants @ria.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Good start finding submerged forests and old landing places. Looking forward to going around the promontory fort on Doorin Point when continue in a couple of weeks #RIAgrants @ria.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social

Thorfinn and Cormac walking along shore in front of eroding drumlin

View of Doorin Point promontory fort from the shore

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

For those who caught the @rteone.rte.ie coverage of our work on eroding archaeology on the Copper Coast & would like to know more, check out this tour of Illaunobrick Promontory Fort from our Maritime Archaeologist Dr @edwardpollard.bsky.social: youtu.be/34KhLwKwTHc?... @heritagecouncil.ie

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Tour of Illaunobrick Iron Age Promontory Fort

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Whilst in Co. Galway last week, @edwardpollard.bsky.social & @hannahboyd.bsky.social undertook Coastal Zone Assessment on the Maree Peninsula. We walked the coastline, identifying & recording features relating to the maritime heritage of an area @heritagecouncil.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Climate impact on archaeology now on RTÉ Radio 1 🚨

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

This week, Discovery Programme staff Susan, Ted and Hannah are onsite at Dr Michelle Comber’s excavations at Rathgurreen, Co. Galway, part of the Maree Project. The team are looking forward to a week of digging, despite yesterday's rain! @heritagecouncil.ie @uniofgalway.bsky.social

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

My talk on Clonmines from last week is available now in the first session of the Irish historic town atlas seminar www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWGr... @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social

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IHTA Seminar 2025 Session I Urban perspectives: from source to sea I

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Pleased for having opportunity to talk on the ruins of Clonmines in Co. Wexford yesterday at the Royal Irish Academy seminar on Water, towns and topography. Glad to be able to discuss silting, erosion and traversing the estuary #CHERISHlegacy @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie‬‬

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

In the mid-9th century, amidst fierce Viking raids, scribes in northeast Ireland copied a Latin textbook written in 6th-century Constantinople, this manuscript, is key to understanding the Irish language of the time. #NMIBlog #MuseumBlog #CuratorBlog #Archaeology www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

An Incipit (opening letter) with two birds from the St. Gallen manuscript Priscian Institutiones Grammaticae, Cod. Sang 904, p. 25. © Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen.

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Happy St Patrick’s Day from the Discovery Programme! St Patrick’s Bridge in Co. Wexford is a submerged causeway leading to the Saltee Islands. The area was studied in the CHERISH Project due to coastal erosion #CHERISHlegacy @nationalmons.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie @drtobydriver.bsky.social

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

‘Songs of the Sea’, what are they? Do you have knowledge of a song, in either Irish or English, that is related to life along Ireland’s Atlantic coast? If you do and you would like to share your story, we would love to hear from you. #MaritimeHistory www.ouririshheritage.org/content/arch...

Enjoying a song in the house of Mrs. Mary O’Donnell, Baile Thiar, Inis Oírr, Árainn, Co. na Gaillimhe, 1966. © National Museum of Ireland.

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day! 💘 Holed stones in the landscape are prehistoric in origin, but over time became associated with oath-taking, used by lovers for making promises or getting engaged. We found these holed stones during CHERISH project fieldwork, perhaps used for this purpose #cherishlegacy

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Glad to talk on Rosslare Fort today in Belfast at the Irish Post Medieval Archaeology Group conference. It is the 100th anniversary of the abandonment of Rosslare Fort in Wexford this year after the storm on Christmas Eve 1924 turned it into an island #CHERISHlegacy @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Weekend in Edinburgh for the rugby and return via Cramond Island world war defences repurposed for social commentary through graffiti

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Happy St Brigid’s Day! The cult of St Brigid travelled beyond Ireland, including to Wales. In the CHERISH project we collaborated with colleagues in Wales researching sites at risk from climate change, including the lime kiln at St Brides Haven #CHERISHlegacy #RCAHMW @aberuni.bsky.social

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Turnberry Castle in Ayrshire, where Robert the Bruce was born, looks to be built on a promontory fort with ditch landward, landing places either side, lighthouse and view of Ailsa Craig

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