This issue of Archaeology Ireland features a five page account of the Beaubec excavations. The magazine’s editor, Sharon Greene writes: ‘Geraldine and Matthew Stout’s article on their excavations at the medieval grange of Beaubec, Co. Meath, also reals changes in the past and present. They managed to excavate this summer despite all the new health …
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Every year the Royal Irish Academy in association with Queen’s University Belfast offers radiocarbon dating for up to twelve applicants to be used for the purposes of archaeological research in Ireland. We are thrilled to announce that Beaubec excavations has won one of these awards and will use it to date the charcoal layer at …
Preliminary Report on the Excavations at Beaubec, Bey More, Co. Meath – July 2020
In a breathtaking initiative from the Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Mr Malcolm Noonan, grants were made available for the development of Conservation Management Plans for archaeological monuments in private ownership. These grants, awarded by the National Monuments Service, are aimed at identifying measures for conservation of monuments and improving public access. …
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Amii McKeever’s wonderful piece in this week’s Farmers Journal!
The Beaubec excavations have featured in Smithsonian Magazine! Drawing on newspaper articles by Louise Walsh and Alison Comyn, science journalist Alex Fox has presented our successful season to an international audience. The article features a link to our blog and to our twitter presence. Read all about it: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/13th-century-french-monks-baked-sourdough-ireland-180975888/ In another international development, Beaubec has …
Drogheda Journalist Louise Walsh wrote a piece for today’s (Monday, 21 September 2020) Irish Independent. It beautifully captures both our discoveries from the last season and the precautions that we had to take on account of the Covid virus. Head out to buy your copy now! https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sourdough-bakery-and-toilet-air-freshener-found-in-medieval-monk-settlement-in-meath-39548158.html
Allison Comyn has written another brilliant piece on the Beaubec excavations for the Drogheda Independent. Rush out and buy your copy now!
A last bit of recording and survey needed to be done in the larger cuttings before the formal hand-over of the context sheets and plans by the supervisors to the directors. Everyone else was involved in a frenzied tidy-up of the site to get it ready for its close up. Anthony Murphy, of Mythical Ireland …
We were delighted to have a procession of experts come to the site today to share their specialist knowledge with us. Franc Myles joined in on the ‘heated’ kiln/oven debate in Cutting F and concluded that the final manifestation of our kiln was a bread oven. Our sandstone window in the tower was compared with …
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