Discovery Programme

Great for the recent Viking excavation at Woodstown to get coverage in the Irish Examiner!

🔗 Read more: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41867583.html

This project is a collaboration between Irish and Norwegian archaeologists, with Abarta Heritage, Discovery Programme and Arkeologisk museum, Universitetet i Stavanger and it is supported by The Royal Irish Academy, National Monuments Service - Archaeology, Waterford City and County Council and The Heritage Council.

Dig at Waterford Viking site sees archaeologists find a host of artefacts Archaeologists find a range of artefacts from a belt strap to a silver coin that originated in Iraq and share plans to re-create the historic site

In Waterford archaeologists are excavating what may be the largest Viking building found in Ireland Archaeologists are excavating a Viking Age structure at Woodstown, Co. Waterford, which may prove to be the largest Viking building in Ireland.