Viking traders or Viking raiders?
Another tale from the trench as we end the third day of our research excavation at Woodstown Viking Site in County Waterford.
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Discover a rich archaeological heritage and stories of Saint Patrick on the iconic slopes of the Hill of Slane.
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This small bronze disc is one of the most iconic pieces of early Irish metalwork. It was dredged from the River Bann at Loughan Island, near Coleraine, in 1939.
It is delicately decorated in the La Tène style, dating to the Late Bronze Age-Iron Age.
You can see it on display in @ulstermuseum.org
More tales from the trenches as we end the second day of our excavation at Woodstown near Waterford City.
By Abarta Heritage, @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social & University & Museum of Stavanger.
Supported by @ria.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social Waterford City & County Council and @heritagecouncil.ie
A hosting was led by Domhnall Ó Briain to attack the castle of Kilkenny... The town [Kilkenny] was breached after the Foreigners left it, and the whole district was plundered. That reduction was a grief to the Foreigners of Ireland’.
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It's [hopefully] going to be a really interesting couple of weeks!
We're doing a research dig at the Viking site at Woodstown Waterford, with support from @ria.ie, @nationalmons.bsky.social and Waterford City & County Council, in a collaborative project between Irish & Norwegian archaeologists
