Recent research in the Boyne Valley

A one-day public seminar presenting Recent archaeological, historical and natural heritage research in the Boyne Valley.

At the D Hotel, Scotch Hall, Drogheda, Co. Louth.

Saturday 26th February 2011 from 9:30am to 5:00pm

Programme

George Eogan - Welcome address.

Session 1

Loreto Guinan - Meath natural heritage survey. Jonathan Turner - Recent research at Thomastown Bog, Co. Meath. Robbie Meehan - The glacial legacy of the Boyne Valley. Discussion

Brú na Bóinne LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) imagery - Data courtesy Meath Co. Council

Session 2

Niall Brady - Recent survey in the Boyne estuary. Joan Mallen - Meath placenames survey. Jim Galloway - Drogheda and its relations with its Boyne hinterland in the later middle ages. Discussion

Lunch

Session 3

Will Megarry - In Plane Site - Recent Discoveries from the Brú na Bóinne. Kevin Barton - Seeing beneath the soil and water in the Boyne Valley; geophysical surveys reveal there's more than meets the eye. Geraldine Stout - Monumentality and Inclusion. Discussion

Session 4

Conor Brady - Field walking, archaeological geophysical survey and excavation at the Rossnaree Enclosure. Richard Warner - Romans in the Bend of the Boyne?: new researches on an unusual earthwork at Newgrange. Matt Seaver - New research from the Hill of Slane. Geraldine Stout - Excavations at Bective Abbey. Discussion and closing comments.