Dig into the Story with Dr Susan Johnston, Prof. Pam Crabtree, Dr Zenobie Garrett & the excavation team
Dig into the Story with Dr Susan Johnston, Prof. Pam Crabtree, Dr Zenobie Garrett & the excavation team
Recent summers have seen teams of American archaeology students working around the summit of a large hill, close to Kilcullen in county Kildare. They are being trained by professional archaeologists from America and Ireland, in partnership with the Blackfriary Archaeological Field School, and the site they are working on is Dún Áilinne, one of the ancient royal sites of Ireland.
Although Dún Áilinne may not be as well known as Emain Macha (Navan Fort), Rathcroghan, or the Hill of Tara, excavations over the last 50 years have revealed the foundations of an impressive series of large circular timber structures constructed during the Iron Age. These are set in the vicinity of the hill summit, an area enclosed by a massive bank and ditch. The shape of the structures, the discovery of evidence for feasting and the early medieval documentary records of the site all point to a place of ritual and gathering.
In this podcast we will be talking to the site directors, Dr Susan Johnston of George Washington University and Professor Pam Crabtree of New York University (who first came to Dún Áilinne to excavate 50 years ago) as well as other involved in the field school to find out more about the archaeology of the site and the experience of uncovering this iconic site.
Dr Sharon Greene takes over the mic for this episode, and climbs the storied hill to discuss the project and this enigmatic monument with the excavation team. I hope you enjoy the episode!
AMPLIFY ARCHAEOLOGY PODCAST
AMPLIFY ARCHAEOLOGY PODCAST
Title: Digging Dún Áilinne
Duration: 60 mins.
Summary:
Climb the storied hill of Dún Áilinne to meet the excavation team who are trying to discover the site’s story.
We are very grateful to the landowners, the Thompson family, for allowing us to visit the excavations to record the podcast and to all the members of the excavation crew for making us so welcome. I’d like to thank all the contributors for kindly sharing their insights and time with us; Dr Susan Johnston, Prof. Pam Crabtree, Dr Zenobie Garrett, Paul Fingleton, Ava Thompson and Sydney Greene. I’m also really grateful to Dr Sharon Greene for doing such a fantastic job, and our brilliant sound engineer Declan Lonergan. Please note that Dún Áilinne is located on private farmland and visits are not possible without prior arrangement with the landowner.
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