Course Dates and Times: October 10 – November 7 (five sessions (6.45pm – 8.30pm GMT) in total on October 10, 17, 24, 31 and November 7.

Where: From your home!

Equipment: You will need access to the internet and a device (preferably a laptop or PC)

Field trip: The course will include a field trip in the local area (venue TBC) on Sunday October 22, 11am – 1pm.

Enrolment Status: OPEN, Course Type: Local Geology/Archaeology/History

Instructor: Dr Stephen Mandal

Cost: FREE, Application Deadline: n/a (until fully booked)

Steps to enjoy the weekly Know Your Locality course:

The series consists of five specialist online tutorials.

Sign up (click the ‘Register here’ button below and fill out the simple form)*

1. Receive the link to the first tutorial 24 hours before the live zoom session
2. Watch the online tutorials from the comfort of your home
3. Discover your local area with the online sources provided in the course

* Please note that places are strictly limited on this course. While the course if free please only register if you are committed to attending, as otherwise you will be taking someone else’s place.

REGISTER HERE

To register for the course:
 https://iafs.ie/know-your-locality-meath-oct-2023/

It is amazing what you can discover about your local area from the snug safety of your home. Meath County Council Heritage Office in association with the Irish Archaeology Field School invites you participate in a FREE online 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 Meath. As such the course is aimed toward residents of Meath (who will be given preference for available course places) as well as enthusiasts of Meath’s natural, built and cultural heritage.

The course will be delivered through five online tutorials every Wednesday over five weeks commencing Tuesday 10th October 2023. We 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.

The first workshop includes a summary of the course content and format. A list of resources/links will be sent to the participants so that they can study their own locality. Workshops 1-5 will each teach an aspect of Irish geology, archaeology and history, and go through a series of fabulous online resources, allowing the participants to build a picture of their home over time. Workshop 5 will comprise a wrap-up, outlining the information obtained by the participants which can be utilised to tell the geology, archaeology, and history of their localities. On Sunday 22nd October, we will go on a field trip to explore the landscape, archaeology of a Meath heritage gem (the place and exact time are TBC), but it will be in the late morning (c.11am-1pm), and we will try to include a nice coffee shop at the end