Tá cuntais achomair ar na tochailtí go léir a rinneadh in Éirinn—Thuaidh agus Theas—ó 1970 go 2024 ar an suíomh seo—atá uathúil san Eoraip agus b’fhéidir ar fud an domhain, chomh fada agus is eol dúinn. Tiomsaíodh é as na Feasacháin Tochailtí a foilsíodh ó na blianta 1970-2010 agus áireofar ann ábhar breise ar líne amháin ó 2011 ar aghaidh, le formáid chomhchosúil, ach beidh rannán idirghníomhach ann chun go bhféadfaidh tochaltóirí a dtuarascálacha féin a uaslódáil.
The Excavations Bulletin was started by Tom Delaney in the early 1970s and was revived by Claire Cotter in 1985. Since the 1987 issue it has been compiled and edited by Isabel Bennett and published by Wordwell, with initial support from the Office of Public Works and for the last number of years from the National Monuments Service of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (and its departmental predecessors) and now from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. For the years from 1977 to 1984 the Excavation Bulletin was incorporated in the Journal of Irish Archaeology (Vols IV and V, for 1987/8 and 1989/90 respectively).
The number of excavations carried out annually in Ireland has fluctuated during the 40-year period. To illustrate, Excavations 1970 has 41 reports, while Excavations 2006 and 2007 contain over 2000. But by 2010 it had dropped back to 846. Overall the database gives access to over 32,000 reports and can be browsed or searched using multiple fields, including Year, County, Site Type, Period/Dating, Grid Reference, Licence No., Sites and Monuments Record No. and Author/Excavator.
Tá treoirlínte d’údair atá ag cur tuarascálacha isteach don Fheasachán Tochailtí ar fáil freisin.
Iarratas ar cheadúnas
Ba chóir iarratais ar cheadúnais tochailte d’Éirinn a chur ar ríomhphost chuig licensingsection@ahg.gov.ie nó a phostáil chuig National Monuments Service, Custom House (G50), Baile Átha Cliath, D01 W6X0.
Applications for excavation licences for Northern Ireland should be made to the Department for Communities, DOE Historic Environment Division Causeway Exchange, Level 6, 1–7 Bedford Street Belfast BT2 7EG. Alternatively, email ExcavationsandReports@
Eolas gaolmhar ar líne
Tá faisnéis maidir le Séadchomharthaí faoi Chúram an Stáit, Taifead na Láithreán agus na Séadchomharthaí agus Taifead na Séadchomharthaí agus Áiteanna ar fáil ón Roinn Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta ar www.archaeology.ie. Tá faisnéis ar Limistéir Oidhreachta Nádúrtha, Limistéir Chaomhantais Speisialta, Limistéir faoi Chosaint Speisialta (Treoir maidir le hÉin) agus Anaclanna Dúlra agus Páirceanna Náisiúnta ar fáil freisin ón Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta ar www.npws.ie.
The Historic Environment Division website holds the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Database and the Northern Ireland Buildings Database.
Is féidir soláthar teoranta de chóipeanna crua den Fheasachán Tochailtí foilsithe do chuid de na blianta idir 1985 agus 2010 a ordú ó Wordwell. The Excavations Bulletin will only be published online from 2011 onwards.
Detailed site reports
Reports submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, on foot of licenses issued for excavations in the Republic of Ireland are housed in its archive. An application form to view unpublished reports is available to download from the National Monuments Service website. Queries in relation to the archive should be addressed to the Archive Unit by telephone (01) 8883922 (from Ireland) / +353 1 8883922 (from outside Ireland) or by email nmarchive@ahg.gov.ie.
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