The survey team are onsite at St John's Point, Co. Donegal, undertaking photogrammetric survey around McSwyne's Castle to monitor the effects of coastal erosion. You'll be able to read all about it in our next fieldwork blog, coming soon #RIAgrants

On Wednesday the CHERISH Team from CBHC / RCAHMW & Geography and Earth Sciences @ Aber Uni reunited at @NTCymru Dinas Dinlle coastal fort, Gwynedd, to lead a study tour for Coastal Management staff of Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru | Natural Resources Wales A highlight was seeing our newly-installed signage, explaining the site & roundhouse to visitors

Back in office photographing the artefacts from the Saint John's Point erosion survey in Donegal. #climateiretage The Discovery Programme Royal Irish Academy Donegal County Museum Cormac Duffy this project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by National Monuments Service

Delighted to have received an author copy today of 'Sea & Settlement in Ireland' from Four Courts Press with an important new study of coastal promontory forts in Ireland & Wales from CHERISH Project fieldwork. Great work by Edward Pollard to bring the paper together 👏 #Hillforts

The latest in our summer blog series! Throwback to the European Association of Archaeologists conference in August, when 3 Discovery Programme staff members made a pilgrimage to Rome to give papers on some of our projects. Read all about it here: buff.ly/4erXhcO The Heritage Council @Nationalmons

When it comes to understanding the long-term management and conservation of stone #fishweirs, one of the greatest challenges is to communicate to the wider community what the impact of storms and extreme weather events can have on the structures. 1/7

What a great start to our #ClimatEireitage DACCHE project partners meeting with our local #Donegal partners from all over in Dunkineely Community Ltd now Walking History Buncrana Ardara DonegalArchives Interreg Europe Interreg Tweets Donegal County Council Donegal ETB National Monuments Service The Heritage Council

Thanks to @donegalcomuseum and project partners for inviting us along to their DACCHE project session at Dunkineely to share the work Edward Pollard and The Discovery Programme have been carrying out at St Johns Point. #climateiretage

The latest in our fieldwork blog series! We undertook photogrammetry in Co. Donegal in September, as part of project aided by Royal Irish Academy Archaeology Research Grants funded by @Nationalmons. This blog covers the ins & outs of drone survey📸discoveryprogramme.ie/2024/10/09/arc… @HeritageHubIRe

For the last of our fieldwork season blog series, here's an account of our Data Scientist L's experience at the ATRIUM Brno Training School: discoveryprogramme.ie/2024/10/17/r-y… Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Brno, v. v. i. The Heritage Council National Monuments Service @dri_ireland ARIADNE_RI

Listen to Richard Bates narrating about our work at #Laetoli funded by British Council Arts Department for Culture, Media and Sport University of Dar es Salaam @univofstandrew youtu.be/thg1_vyHAn4?si… Urithi Wetu Edward Pollard @DonaldHerd3 British Council Tanzania chemical_tz Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii

#Laetoli, a site with 3.6 million year #footprints of #animals, #birds and #hominids faces challenges due to heavy rains, storms, etc. Among other things our team does is to digitize the artefacts and part of the landscape. Listen to Prof Martin from University of Wales on why this is

Great to attend the Plenary yesterday - some inspiring talks on approaches climate #adaptation & #mitigation in Ireland. Particularly fitting to follow it up with a community workshop on climate heritage stories in Donegal with Edward Pollard & Cormac Duffy for The Discovery Programme! 🌊

We’ve a new article on #glassbeads of #KilwaKisiwani published in #AZANIA and co-authored with Neema Munisi Bigimarwa & Edward Pollard. We thank British Institute in Eastern Africa Rising from the Depths British Council Arts University of Dar es Salaam University of St Andrews & University College Dublin for financial support. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Our

Climate change threatens many heritage sites worldwide but digital documentation provides an opportunity to record what we have before loosing it forever. Our initiatives at #Laetoli is part of the efforts. youtu.be/2Se1XWNXCaU?si… Richard Bates Edward Pollard British Council Arts Department for Culture, Media and Sport

buff.ly/4asIv4j New Article: Edward Pollard & colleagues discuss Kilwa Kisiwani, a UNESCO site in Tanzania threatened by climate change. Preservation efforts include digitizing heritage, training locals in drone surveys, documenting shipwrecks, & promoting cultural tourism.

Climate Change, Coastal Heritage Digitization, and Local Community Engagement at the Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani World Heritage Site, Tanzania: Journal of Field Archaeology: Vol 50 , No 1 - Get Access ⁦Edward Pollard⁩ ⁦Richard Bates⁩ ⁦Neema Munisi tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Thrilled to be part of this incredible article on Climate Change & Heritage! Cc Edward Pollard Elgidius Ichumbaki, Ph.D. Richard Bates Neema Munisi Elinor Graham @jeanChristophecomte tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our Archaeology Research Grants scheme, for archaeological researchers and archaeologists, including students and PhD candidates is open until 27 March. Don’t take our word for it, according to Edward Pollard, 2024 grantee, the scheme offers “great potential for more research and

My colleague, collaborator and student Claudia Lubao chemical_tz is trending in #Tanzania’s social media platforms following her well-deserved passing of the viva voce examination at University of St Andrews. All members of our Urithi Wetu research group are proud of you!