News & Events
20 April 2009
Archer Heritage move into their new offices at Unit 8, BEAT Centre, Stephenstown, Balbriggan , Co. Dublin.
27 April 2009
The company is incorporated as a Limited Company.
14-15 May 2009
Company Director Rob O'Hara attended a pilot study entitled 'An Introduction to Landscape Character Assessment' (LCA). A Heritage Council initiative, it drew together professionals from the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI), the Irish Planning Institute (IPI) and the Irish Landscape Institute (ILI).
The pilot course was designed to provide formal training in the management of the Irish landscape through Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) by raising awareness within the professional Institutes and other partners of the key elements of LCA and Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC) and their wide-ranging uses and benefits, across many sectors of society.
June 2009
Archer engaged by Fingal County Council to prepare a database in MS Access on Archaeological Reports of all works in the Fingal area from 1999 - 2009. Aidan O' Connell is leading the project receiving positive help and material from the report authors and working closely with Gerry Clabby from Fingal Co. Co.
October 2009
Archer take part in Tara Symposium, held in UCD, which gave an overview of the works on the henge at Lismullin (see left) on the M3 motorway.
November 2009
Testing of a large site in Coleraine revealed the remains of an oval, post-built structure. Measuring 11m x 8m, it's form suggests Bronze Age origin. (photo of post-holes on right)
January 2010
Archer appointed by ICF to carry out works at two quarry sites in Kildare and Mayo.
- Book signing for M3 excavations.
Mar 2010
Aidan and Rob sign copies of "Places along the way", a summary of discoveries on the M3 Motorway excavations. Includes a detailed look at Roestown excavated by Rob and Lismullin excavated by Aidan.
May 2010
Excavations at a Gaelic football pitch in Collon Co. Louth revealed 3 pottery burial urns dating from the Bronze Age (3500 years ago). There were two large and one small gourd shaped urns decorated with dots and chevrons on the rims. All three were removed and are being conserved at present.
