Archaeology Sources in Ireland

Example:
1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map
Hill of Tara
SMR No: ME 31/33
NGR:29201/259793
RMP No: ME 031-033-16

Data Resources
(Maintained by National Monuments, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government)
Record of Monuments and Places (RMP)
Sites and Monuments Record (SMR)
Register of Historic Monuments
Maritime Sites and Monuments Record
Urban Archaeological Surveys
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH)
Published County Archaeological Inventories and Surveys
Office of Public Works river drainage files
National MonumentsArchaeological conservation is dealt with by the National Monuments service operating under the National Monuments Acts, 1930 - 1994, with two sections, the Archaeological Survey of Ireland and the Archaeological Archive being the primary producers and managers of data:
The following areas of responsibility are involved :The Register of Sites and Places / Sites and Monuments Record: This comprising some one hundred and twenty thousand protected archaeological sites throughout Ireland. Many important or threatened archaeological site which are not in the ownership of the state, are specifically protected under legislation from being damaged or interfered with by the legal owners of the land.The National Monuments Service is the licencing authority for all archaeological excavation, which can only be carried out by qualified and registered archaeologists. The register of excavations maintains details of all excavations carried out in Ireland together with a large archive of excavation reports. Excavations at the moment, exceed 1000 per annum.A register of historic shipwrecks is also maintained.
Ordnance Survey Ireland
Ordnance Survey first and subsequent editions
Ordnance Survey Namebooks/Letters/ Memoirs
Aerial photographs
National Map Library
Early maps and estate maps

Other sources
Irish Antiquities Division, National Museum of Ireland Topographical Files
County Development Plans
Excavations Bulletin (www.excavations.ie)
Relevant published archaeological corpora
Local archaeological societies




RMP No: ME031-033-16
Hill of TaraSMR No: ME 31/33NGR:29201/259793RMP No: ME 031-033-16
www.excavations.ie(published annually as Excavations 1997 etc by Wordwell)
Northern Ireland Monuments and Buildings Record
Can be inspected in person at Environment and Heritage Service, Waterman House, Hill Street, Belfast
Can be accessed on-line at: http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/
Sites and Monuments Records for Britain and other on-line resources can be accessed via the same website. More detailed information for found via the relevant websites for the Royal Commissions or Cadw, English Heritage or Historic Scotland.


www.archaeology.ie