You are Required to Write a Report on the Iron Age/Celts in Irish Archaeology, Archaeology Iron Age/Celts, UCD,

Project Title: Researching and Surveying Iron Age/Celtic Ireland

You are required to write a report on the Iron Age/Celts in Irish Archaeology by carrying out research and completing a site survey at the Hill of Tara in County Meath. Use the headings below to help you complete your project.

Assignment headings:

1. Introduction: put the Iron Age into a range of contexts.
2. Main Body: divided into a number of topics:
   • Housing and Food
   • Ringfort, promontory fort, hill fort, crannog (2 paragraphs each) put images of each below
   • Talk about the introduction of the roteryquorn, introduction of cereal, rye to oats
   • Celtic society
   • Talk about 150 kingdoms (tuath) king, (1 paragraph)
   • Tools and Weapons,
   • Talk about how iron is stronger than bronze. Types of tools and weapons (1-2 paragraphs)
   • Celtic Art
   • Hoard, boa head, both bord, more relevant art (2-3 paragraphs)
   • Celtic Festivals
   • Samhain, imbolc, bealthna, Lughanasa (1 paragraph each)
   • Ogham Stones and Burials
   • Cyst pits, burial grave goods images and examples (1 paragraph)
3. Hill of Tara: structures and features (1 paragraph each)
4. Mond of hostages
5. Rathnraoi
6. Kings seat
7. Cormac’s house
8. Rath of the sinads
9. Banqueting hall
10. Conclusion: provide a summary of the main points

This project should be well presented with evidence of the following:

• Field Sketches and Maps
• Aerial Photographs
• Internet research
• Must use excavations.ie
• Must use UCD report
• ie map viewer
• Get an aerial photo of a hill of tara,
• Get OSI map hill of tara
• Get a historic 6-inch map of a hill of tara
• Published research
• Suggested guideline word count 2800

Assessment Questions: 

1. One major period in Irish Archaeology clearly identified
2. Archaeological specifications, techniques and archaeological features clearly identified
3. Cartographic, photographic and documentary research interpreted logically
4. Findings with illustrations, maps and photographs clearly researched and attractively explained in Irish and global context