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David Stone
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Archaeologist @DiscProg/Archaeobotanist (S. Caucasus/Ireland). Ancient agriculture. Ossorian. Fulbright Ambassador. UCD & Oxford alumnus. Contrary at times!
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Jerpoint Abbey, Kilkenny.
September 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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"Is this Ireland’s earliest hurley? A possible 7th century AD cammán from Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick"
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#Hurling #Camogie #All-Ireland #Medieval #Ireland
A photoshop reconstruction showing an early medieval thatched house and the Skehacreggaun stick in the doorway The Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick stick, made of willow, dated to the 7th century AD
July 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Karabalgasun, Mongolia
June 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Archaeologists solve mystery of Iraq’s huge network of ridges and canals The researchers reviewed images from the 1960s showing the remains of more than 7,000 massive ridges
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Archaeologists solve mystery of Iraq’s huge network of ridges and canals
The researchers reviewed images from the 1960s showing the remains of more than 7,000 massive ridges
www.independent.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Rome and Vatican City
June 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Today marks the anniversary of the death of William Marshal (d.1219), undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in Irish or British history.

A renowned knight who served no fewer than four different kings, he rose to be the Protector of the Realm and Regent of England.

#Medieval #Ireland
The face of a stone effigy of William Marshal in Temple Church, London
May 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Kells Priory, Kilkenny!

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May 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM