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29th August 2008, 12:08 PM
Was told about this question lost in the mass of weirdness that is Britarch nowadays..
WEll if anybody knows the answer.. post up here.. :face-thinks:
Quote:quote:Has anyone ever encountered a souterrain / fogou / underground chamber (name it what you will!) during evaluation or mitigation works during road schemes (new or widening) in the UK or Ireland? I am looking for some examples as a comparator for a report I am preparing.
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29th August 2008, 12:21 PM
There was one found on the M3 scheme in Ireland, wasn't there? I have encountered an unexpected souterrain, though it wasn't on a road scheme. It was right next to a main road, though, if that helps.
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29th August 2008, 12:31 PM
Thats a start... the M3 was tara I think... do you have a ref for the one you got?
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29th August 2008, 12:57 PM
No, sorry, I've got no reference. I'm happy to direct the person who asked the question to the relevant HER, though. There is a very brief mention on this page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fogou
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29th August 2008, 03:05 PM
For the M3 see
http://www.m3motorway.ie/Archaeology/Sec...Excavation
or
http://www.nra.ie/Archaeology/ for publications and brochures
http://www.excavations.ie for info on sites up to 2004 and Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland after this.
The bibliography of the The Souterrains of Ireland by Mark Clinton?
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29th August 2008, 06:21 PM
anywhere in county Louth is bound to turn up lots, can think of one off the top of my head
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29th August 2008, 08:25 PM
brilliant every one... Have passed on all this to the person asking.. told them the link to here .. so they are keeping up with all the replies..
Thanks to you all.
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29th August 2008, 10:54 PM
Hmmm...soutterains and the North East of Scotland rings a bell. I'm sure a few have come to light, excavated by the Scottish Units {AUP
} but whether they are directly related to road projects I can't be sure off the top of my head. The A92 widening (Carnoustie to Arbroath) from a few years ago may have something, was a rich Iron Age record. I've excavated a souterrain near north of Arbroath but as above, wasn't part of a road scheme.
Perhaps also the M1 widening to Ballygawly (Northern Ireland), that also turned up some very nice Iron Age negative features but I was only privvy to the evaluation
...apologies for being so vague, my mind isn't what it used to be!
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30th August 2008, 02:11 AM
Now don't be coy Oxbeast. Hosty, does it have to have been on a road scheme?
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30th August 2008, 09:04 AM
Why does it have to be on a road scheme?
