Enjoy this article written by Michael 'Bhodi' Rodgers During the summer of 2019 four…
steveJune 5, 2023
Enjoy Kate Colbert's article 'The Cult of Relics and Expressions of Wealth at Eleventh- and…
steveMay 17, 2023
Written by archaeologist and historian in residence Barry Lacey Ferns, the location of St…
steveMay 8, 2023
Written by archaeologist Christiaan Corlett Virtually nothing survives of the history of Clone Church near…
steveApril 21, 2023
Written by the sites senior archaeologist for excavation at St Mary's Abbey, Dr Denis Shine.…
steveApril 12, 2023
Written by medieval archaeologist Dr Anne-Julie Lafaye The twelfth century was a transitional period…
steveMarch 27, 2023
Written by archaeologist & Clone archaeology supervisor 2019/21, Dr Denis Shine Clone is a…
steveMarch 13, 2023
This Discovering Medieval Ferns blog series has been generously funded by the Rediscovering Ancient Connections – The Saints (Ancient Connections) Project.
Ancient Connections is an ‘inter-reg’ cross-border arts and heritage project linking Pembrokeshire and north Wexford, which strives to revive the ancient links between these communities, allowing them to rediscover their shared heritage and trade knowledge, experience, and skills.
Ancient Connections have also funded a major academic volume, also entitled Discovering Medieval Ferns, upon which this blog series is based. This volume, which includes fifteen papers from an interdisciplinary team of twenty+ scholars, aims to highlight the remarkable history and archaeology of medieval Ferns, focusing on intriguing discoveries from recent excavations and research programmes. The volume, which is the most complete picture to date of the origins and evolution of medieval Ferns, published by Four Courts Press in 2023.
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