Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist

[** If you like this post, please make a donation to the IR&DD project using the secure button at the right. If you think it is interesting or useful, please re-share via Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc. To help keep the site in operation, please use the amazon search portal at the right - each purchase earns a small amount of advertising revenue **] The recent storms that hit the Irish coastline have exposed a number of archaeological sites, including a possible Neolithic settlement at Omey Island , Co. Galway, an  ancient forest uncovered at Ballinesker Beach , Co. Wexford, finds of stone axes from Connemara , Co. Galway,  and the wreck of a 19th century ship at Rossbeigh beach , Co. Kerry. The opposite side of this unexpected boon has been destruction at the promontory fort at Dunbeg, Co. Kerry, when a portion of its cliff unexpectedly fell into the sea. A report in The Irish Times , quoting a spokesperson for the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht , ...

[**  If you like this post, please make a donation to the IR&DD project using the secure button at the right. If you think it is interesting or useful, please re-share via Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc. To help keep the site in operation, please use the amazon search portal at the right - each purchase earns a small amount of advertising revenue  **] In the main post ( here ) I described the Promontory Fort at Dunbeg, Co. Kerry, and the damage that has befallen it as a result of the recent storms (2013/2014), along with publishing some photographs of the site taken in 1982, by the late William Dunlop [ Facebook | Website ]. I would also recommend that you take a look at Colm Moriarty’s excellent recent photos on his irisharchaeology.ie blog: here . View from inside clochán, through doorway, to entrance through stone rampart Here, I want to examine the chronology of the site and the evidence from the radiocarbon dating. One thing that is clear from B...