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Caring for the Past

Caring for the Past. Theme 3, Unit 4, Lesson 1. Slide 2. Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1. National Monuments Act Original Act 1930 Amendment Acts: 1954, 1987, 1994 & 2004. Slide 3. Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1. European Legislation.

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Caring for the Past

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  1. Caring for the Past Theme 3, Unit 4, Lesson 1

  2. Slide 2 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 National Monuments Act Original Act 1930 Amendment Acts: 1954, 1987, 1994 & 2004

  3. Slide 3 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 European Legislation European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage – The Valetta Convention (1992) Signed by Republic of Ireland in 1992, ratified in 1997

  4. Slide 4 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht National Monuments Service

  5. Slide 5 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 National Monuments Service • The Archaeological Survey of Ireland • The Underwater Archaeology Unit • Planning and Licensing Unit • Protection of Monuments Unit • Conservation of National Monuments

  6. Slide 6 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 The Archaeological Survey of Ireland • Compiling a record of all archaeological monuments in the State • National database of monuments continually updated and supplemented as additional monuments discovered • 136,500 archaeological monuments in its database

  7. Slide 7 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 The Record of Monuments and Places (RMP) • National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994 established the Record of Monuments and Places • RMP includes monuments with known locations and places where it is believed there are monuments • Issued for each county between 1995 and 1998 (currently being revised) • The RMP is primary instrument for protection archaeological monuments in the State – legal protection applies to all monuments on RMP

  8. Slide 8 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 Since 2007 the records of the ASI can be accessed on the National Monuments Service website, www.archaeology.ie. The screenshot below is of Dingle, Co. Kerry. The red dots mark the locations of archaeological monuments.

  9. Slide 9 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 Archaeological Inventories

  10. The Underwater Archaeology Unit (UAU) Slide 10 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 • Established as the Maritime Survey Unit in 1997 to quantify Ireland’s • shipwreck heritage, this brief was expanded in 2000 when the • Underwater Archaeology Unit (UAU) was set up within the National • Monuments Service, tasked with the management and protection of • Ireland’s underwater cultural heritage. • UAU work brief: • Shipwreck Inventory compilation • Planning and Licensing assessment • Enforcement & Inspection • Monitoring of diving • Survey & Excavation of sites • Liaising with divers, fishermen and the general public The UAU archaeologists are commercially-trained divers (Image: C. Kelleher, UAU)

  11. Slide 11 The Underwater Archaeology Unit (UAU) Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 • The UAU has recorded over 12,000 shipwrecks in Irish jurisdictional waters • All wrecks over 100-years old are protected under the 1987 National Monuments • (Amendment) Act • Diving on protected sites or for archaeological reasons is prohibited without a • licence issued by the National Monuments Service Recording the stern of the Rutland Island shipwreck, Donegal (Image: C. Kelleher, UAU) UAU diver entering water to survey a site (Image: C. Kelleher, UAU)

  12. Slide 12 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 The Underwater Archaeology Unit (UAU) Underwater survey and excavation The UAU has undertaken several surveys and excavations of archaeological sites. These include: the 1588 Spanish Armada wreck La Trinidad Valencera in Co. Donegal; the early 16th-century Drogheda Boat wreck in the River Boyne, Co. Louth; the early-medieval crannog in Lough Derryvaragh, Co. Westmeath and the early-medieval bridge at Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly Surveying crannog at Lough Derryvaragh (Image: K. Brady, UAU) Excavated artefacts from Rutland Island Wreck site, Co. Donegal, including a wooden bowl, lead musket shot and hazelnut shells (Image: L. Dunne Archaeology)

  13. Slide 13 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 Planning and Licensing Unit • Under the Planning Act of 2000 the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht can recommend archaeological conditions for planning permissions • This role is performed by the Planning and Licensing Unit of National Monuments Service, in conjunction with the Local Authority

  14. Slide 14 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1

  15. Slide 15 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 Licensing of Archaeological Excavations • Under the National Monuments Act all archaeological excavations need a licence • The Planning and Licensing Unit issue these licences to suitably qualified archaeologists

  16. Slide 16 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 Development and Archaeology • The Environmental Impact Assessment process - protection of archaeological heritage large-scale development projects • “Developer Pays” principle - archaeological costs arising from development • Codes of Practice with agencies involved in delivery of large-scale infrastructural projects • By their nature can have significant archaeological implications

  17. Slide 17 • Produces Codes of Best Practice dealing with various aspects of archaeology Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 Infrastructure Development • This unit also deals with infrastructure developments like new roads and pipelines

  18. Slide 18 Pipeline corridor Neolithic House, Tankardstown, Co. Limerick Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1

  19. Slide 19 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 National Roads Authority

  20. Slide 20 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 Protection of Monuments Unit • The protection of our archaeological heritage is a core function of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and is implemented through the provisions of the National Monuments Acts 1930-2004. • Deals with reports of damage to monuments • Unit also deals with notifications of intention to carry out work at or in relation to RMP Monuments

  21. Slide 21 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 Information Booklets

  22. Slide 22 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 • Farmers must comply with the National Monuments Act, 1994 • Monuments should not be interfered with through activities such as • ground disturbance • excavation • construction of buildings, or • afforestation • No material of any type should be removed from or dumped on such sites

  23. Slide 23 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 Office of Public Works

  24. Slide 24 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 Poulnabrone Portal Tomb, Co. Clare Trim Castle, Co. Meath

  25. Slide 25 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1

  26. Slide 26 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1

  27. Slide 27 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 Irish Antiquities Division • Investigating reports of any archaeological artefacts found in the State • Curation of the Museum’s collection of archaeological artefacts • Cataloguing • Researching • Conserving • Exhibiting

  28. Slide 28 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1

  29. Slide 29 Theme 3, Unit 4, LESSON 1 Discovery Programme

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