EXCAVATION REPORTS
We aim to make all of our reports available to the public and other researchers. Contact us if you can’t find a report on one of our excavations.
Excavation at Kilgobbin, Stepaside
Archaeological excavations at Kilgobbin, Stepaside revealed a fascinating prehistoric and medieval landscape, including a possible Beaker structure, a barrow, prehistoric ritual wells, and a medieval smokehouse. The preliminary excavation report can be downloaded here
Templeogue Castle, Co. Dublin
Excavations at a medieval castle and post-medieval demesne house during South Dublin County Council restoration works. The report details ten years of excavations. Download the full report (text) here
Excavation at Newcastle Village, Co. Dublin
Archaeological excavations at Newcastle Lyons Village identified medieval plot boundaries and corn-drying kilns. The preliminary excavation report can be downloaded here
Medieval and Post-Medieval tanneries at New Street, Dublin 8
Excavation of medieval tanning (leather working) site in the centre of Dublin. Download full report Vol I (text) Download full report Vol I (figures and plates) Download Vol II (specialist reports).
Rock of Dunamase / Dunamase Castle, Co. Laois for OPW
Excavation of the Sally Port and other features of a dramatic medieval castle during OPW restoration works in 2006 by Giacometti for Arch-Tech Ltd. Down the full report here
ARTICLES
Academic, professional or public interest articles published by Antoine Giacometti and Steve McGlade are listed below. Where possible, a link to the article and/or the archaeological report is provided.
Blackpitts: Dublin’s Medieval Leatherworking Quarter
Giacometti, A. (2019) Blackpitts: Dublin’s Medieval Leatherworking Quarter, in Medieval Dublin XVIII, coming 2021 – pre-order here
Challenging the Archaeology of Decline in Late Medieval Callan
Giacometti, A. (2017) ‘Challenging the Archaeology of Decline in Late Medieval Callan’, in Old Kilkenny Review 69, 51-70. Kilkenny Archaeological Society
The archaeology of James’s Street, Dublin
Giacometti, A. 2019. In S. Duffy, ed.”Medieval Dublin XVII“. Four Courts Press, Dublin. pp.204–223.
Exploring domestic and non-domestic space in an Early Medieval Landscape at Navan Moat, Co. Meath
Excavation on an early medieval landscape in Navan. Published in Ríocht na Midhe, Vol. 22, 2011, pp 43-59. You can download the published article here
Rathfarnham Castle Excavations 2014
Giacometti, A. (2018) ‘Rathfarnham Castle 2014 Excavations’, in Journal of Irish Archaeology, forthcoming.
A Prehistoric Ritual Landscape at Donacarney Great, Bettystown, Co. Meath
Excavation of an extensive archaeological landscape with Mesolithic artefacts, Neolithic structures, Beaker structures, Bronze Age structures, enclosures, field systems and fuluchta fiadh, and Iron Age ring barrow and Early Medieval field boundaries, structures and kilns. Article in preparation. Download the article here
Reconstructing the human landscape before, during and after the lifespan of a ringfort at Lusk, Co. Dublin
Excavation of an Early Medieval rinfort in Lusk. Article published in Settlement in Early Medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations (Eds. Corlett, C. & Potterton, M.) 2011, 157-168. Wordwell. You can download the article here
Excavation at the Timberyard, Coombe Relief Road, Dublin 8
Excavation of a post-medieval and industrial-era urban site in Dublin. Article due for publication in Archaeology of the Liberties (Ed. Myles, F.) 2014. You can download the published article here
Living in the landscape
Giacometti, A. (2006) ‘Living in the Landscape’, in Archaeology Ireland 20(2), 36–9.