paleobotany Archives - AMS Consultants https://ams-consultancy.com/tag/paleobotany/ Archeological Management Solutions Ireland & UK Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:38:11 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Palaeo-environmental Coring https://ams-consultancy.com/environmental-archaeology/ Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:40:35 +0000 https://ams-consultancy.com/?p=1434 As part of the archaeological investigations for the N69, palaeoenvironmental specialists Carlos Chique and Karen Molloy from NUIG took a pollen core from Derra West Bog.

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Palaeo-environmental Coring


As part of the archaeological investigations for the N69 road project, palaeoenvironmental specialists Carlos Chique and Karen Molloy from NUI Galway took a pollen core from Derra West Bog close to the location of bypass.

The team use pollen trapped in the layers of peat to create a picture of the changing environment through time. The core taken from Derra West Bog spans most of the Holocene (the last c. 12,000 years of Earth’s history) and comprises a very comprehensive record of human activity spanning from the Neolithic (c. 4000 BC) to relatively modern times (c. AD 1600).

Analysis of the core is currently underway in NUI Galway. The results will provide important insights into how human activity, particularly farming, has altered and shaped the natural environment of the Listowel area since prehistoric times.

Dr Karen Molloy and her team
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The Archaeology of the Listowel Bypass

Download a poster showcasing some of the archaeological finds from excavations along the N69 Bypass. Alternatively, you can read through a StoryMap of the dig.

Video Documentaries

As part of cataloguing the archaeological works on the N69 Listowel Bypass Project, a set of mini-documentaries were created. Each of these lasts just over 10 minutes.
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Fulachtaí Fia at Listowel

Five burnt mounds, also referred to as fulachtaí fia, were discovered along the route of the bypass. Burnt mounds are the most common prehistoric site type in Ireland.
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Making Medieval Charcoal

At Coolnaleen Lower we found several charcoal-production kilns. Charcoal was an important fuel for metalworking in the past.
Dr. Karen Molloy and her team from NUIGAMS

Palaeo-environmental Coring

As part of the archaeological investigations for the N69, palaeoenvironmental specialists Carlos Chique and Karen Molloy from NUIG took a pollen core from Derra West Bog.
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From the Bog

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In the townland of Gortcurreen, a group of worked timbers and the remains of a stave-built wooden vessel were discovered within the peat.

An Old House at Curraghatoosane

At Curraghatoosane we found the remains of a traditional thatched house that was occupied from the early nineteenth century until the 1950s.
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]]> Palaeobotany near Ballaghcullia https://ams-consultancy.com/paleobotany-near-ballaghcullia/ Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:24:48 +0000 https://ams-consultancy.com/?p=1399 Palaeobotanists study the plants that grew in the past. Palaeobotanists from National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) visited Roscommon last summer and took a core from a bog near Ballaghcullia.

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Palaeobotany near Ballaghcullia


Palaeobotanists study the plants that grew in the past. Palaeobotanists from the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) visited Roscommon in the summer of 2019 and took a core from a bog near Ballaghcullia. They managed to get a very deep core (seven metres in length) that will provide a record of the plants that were growing in the area from every period since the Ice Age. Very excitingly, they have identified cereal pollen in the section dating from the Bronze Age, which tells us that people were growing crops nearby during the Bronze Age.

Palaeobotanists from NUI Galway pushing the core down into the bog
Opening the core
Pollen magnified under a microscope
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Video Documentary Series

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Mini-documentaries on the N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project. Each video lasts around 5 minutes and describes various stages of the excavations and fieldwork.
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Forestry Excavation

As part of the N5 Road Project in Co Roscommon, AMS were required to test 78ha of felled forestry. Once the trees were felled and removed, the stumps were extracted by a specialist stump harvester.
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Palaeobotany near Ballaghcullia

Palaeobotanists study the plants that grew in the past. Palaeobotanists from National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) visited Roscommon last summer and took a core from a bog near Ballaghcullia.
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Neolithic Axe

Archaeologists working at Shankill found a Neolithic stone axehead that is over 5,000 years old and was made from a very specific type of stone called Langdale tuff.

Metal Working at Shankill

At Shankill, a site reputably founded by St Patrick, archaeologists have uncovered traces of early medieval agriculture, burial and a forge.
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Fulachtaí Fia (Burnt Mounds)

Burnt mounds, or fullachtaí fia, are one of the commonest types of sites found by archaeologists working on projects in Ireland.
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Medieval Coin at Gortnacrannagh

Gortnacranagh is a medieval site. These coins date from the era of Edward I or II. This coin is a silver penny.
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Souterrains

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Souterrains are underground, stone-lined passages dating from the early medieval period. At Killeen East we found a number of souterrains inside a rath (ringfort).
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