Recent Archaeological Research at Dún Ailinne, an Iron Age Royal Site in County Kildare, Ireland

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Wheels, Horses, Babies and Bathwaters: Celebrating the Impact of David W. Anthony on the Study of Prehistory" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Dún Ailinne is an Iron Age (ca. 600 BCE-400 CE) site in Country Kildare, Ireland. It is considered as one of the Irish "royal" sites. These sites are mentioned in the early medieval literature and are large sites surrounded by an inverted bank and ditch and containing monumental timber architecture. David Anthony’s first excavation experience took place at Dún Ailinne during the 1972 season as part of the 1968-75 excavation program directed by Prof. Bernard Wailes. This presentation will discuss the 2006-2008 magnetometry and targeted topographic survey at Dún Ailinne and the subsequent excavation seasons in 2016 and 2018. The new research has led to the identification and excavation of new structures and features, as well as new radiocarbon dates for some of the original archaeological phases. We will also briefly explore Prof. Wailes’ impact on David Anthony’s subsequent research.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• Wheels, Horses, Babies and Bathwaters: Celebrating the Impact of David W. Anthony on the Study of Prehistory

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Abstract Id(s): 23301