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Research paper thumbnail of EXCAVATIONS WITHIN THE SCHEDULED ENCLOSURE AT SOUTH WEST BALLYCARRY, COUNTY ANTRIM, AND THE DISCOVERY OF A POST-MEDIEVAL FORT OR FORTIFIED BAWN

Research paper thumbnail of From Life in the Bronze Age to Days of the Dead

Archaeology Ireland, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Location and Assessment of an Historic (150-160 Years Old) Mass Grave Using Geographic and Ground Penetrating Radar Investigation, NW Ireland

Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2009

Abstract: Reburial of human remains and concerns regarding pathogens and pollution prompted the ... more Abstract: Reburial of human remains and concerns regarding pathogens and pollution prompted the search for, and assessment of, a 156-year-old graveyard. To locate this graveyard, historic and anecdotal information was compared to landscape interpretation from aerial photography. To assess and map the contents, surface collapses, metal detector indications, and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) were used. Some 170 anomalies compatible with burials were identified on 200 MHz GPR data, 84 of which coincided with surface collapses, suggesting both noncollapsed ground, subsequent infill, and multiple inhumations. The graveyard was possibly split into Roman Catholic plots with multiple inhumations; Protestant plots; and a kileen, or graveyard for the unbaptized (often children). The work serves as one approach to the location and mapping of recent and historic unmarked graves.

Research paper thumbnail of EXCAVATIONS WITHIN THE SCHEDULED ENCLOSURE AT SOUTH WEST BALLYCARRY, COUNTY ANTRIM, AND THE DISCOVERY OF A POST-MEDIEVAL FORT OR FORTIFIED BAWN

Research paper thumbnail of From Life in the Bronze Age to Days of the Dead

Archaeology Ireland, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Location and Assessment of an Historic (150-160 Years Old) Mass Grave Using Geographic and Ground Penetrating Radar Investigation, NW Ireland

Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2009

Abstract: Reburial of human remains and concerns regarding pathogens and pollution prompted the ... more Abstract: Reburial of human remains and concerns regarding pathogens and pollution prompted the search for, and assessment of, a 156-year-old graveyard. To locate this graveyard, historic and anecdotal information was compared to landscape interpretation from aerial photography. To assess and map the contents, surface collapses, metal detector indications, and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) were used. Some 170 anomalies compatible with burials were identified on 200 MHz GPR data, 84 of which coincided with surface collapses, suggesting both noncollapsed ground, subsequent infill, and multiple inhumations. The graveyard was possibly split into Roman Catholic plots with multiple inhumations; Protestant plots; and a kileen, or graveyard for the unbaptized (often children). The work serves as one approach to the location and mapping of recent and historic unmarked graves.

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