Know Your Locality! Roscommon County Council Heritage Office is delighted to work with the Irish Archaeology Field School to offer a free hybrid (online, plus one in-person field trip) course that will take you step by step through the available online sources that will allow you to paint a picture of the geological, archaeological, and historical events that happened close to where you live.
While the course will look at examples from throughout Ireland, it will focus on the geology, archaeology and history of the county of Roscommon. As such, the course is aimed toward residents of Roscommon (who will be given preference for available course places) as well as enthusiasts of Roscommon’s natural and cultural heritage.
The course will take place online on Thursdays February 13th, 20th and 27th, and again on March 6th, 13th and 20th from 6.45 pm to 8.15 pm each evening. As part of the course, there will also be a Field Trip on Sunday, March 2nd in the late morning at a time and venue to be confirmed. For further details and to book, please visit https://www.tickettailor.com/events/theirishheritageschool/1542967
The course will begin by looking at the very bedrock under your feet, examining the geological processes and glacial events that shaped the landscape and formed the soils. The course then focuses on the impacts of humans on that landscape over time, from pre-history to the last century.
