James O’Driscoll
@jodarchaeology.bsky.social
Lecture in geospatial archaeology at the University of Glasgow, interested in landscape archaeology, GIS, remote sensing, hillforts, causewayed enclosures and anything big on top of a hill
We’d spend a lifetime there if we had the funding! More radiocarbon dates coming, and hopefully more excavation in the future
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We’d spend a lifetime there if we had the funding! More radiocarbon dates coming, and hopefully more excavation in the future
It also attaches to the edge of another, even larger hillfort known as Spinans Hill, which, at 131 hectares (or about 187 football pitches!) is the largest archaeological monument in Ireland! A behemoth!!
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
It also attaches to the edge of another, even larger hillfort known as Spinans Hill, which, at 131 hectares (or about 187 football pitches!) is the largest archaeological monument in Ireland! A behemoth!!
Reposted by James O’Driscoll
I LOVE the fact that these 'hillforts' are now starting to look more like citadels, with upper 'cities' and lower 'cities'. The old polis model!
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I LOVE the fact that these 'hillforts' are now starting to look more like citadels, with upper 'cities' and lower 'cities'. The old polis model!
….we had originally called this a ‘proto-urban’ centre, and to my mind it very much is. I always think about how completely different this looks to what is happening in the contemporary landscape of isolated farmsteads in the lowlands.
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
….we had originally called this a ‘proto-urban’ centre, and to my mind it very much is. I always think about how completely different this looks to what is happening in the contemporary landscape of isolated farmsteads in the lowlands.
Low hanging fruit for a PhD!
June 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Low hanging fruit for a PhD!