Aerial Archaeology in Ireland - The Heritage Council

Membership
Membership of AARG is open to those interested in aerial archaeology as well as its active participants.
All applications for membership, subscriptions and changes of address should be sent to the Secretary,
Cinzia Bacilieri. You can download also the membership form.
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regular mailings about the Annual Conference and other events. Subscription rates are: Individual, €10;
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Apart from a day seminar held as a result of this study in December 2005, it appears no conferences on aerial archaeology in
Ireland have been held in recent years, despite the considerable advances and interest in the subject demonstrated by several
different projects indicated here. It may also be noted that Dr Gillian Barrett comments that one of the least successful aspects
of her Disappearing Landscapes exhibition was that it did little to build more linkages with other archaeologists interested in
aerial archaeology, although it was highly successful for non-archaeologists. As noted above, archaeology and heritage do not
appear to be covered much by the Irish Society of Surveying, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
Thus there seems to be an unfortunate lack of collective communication and networking, both among archaeologists and
between them, and those with cognate interests in aerial photography and remote sensing in other disciplines. This does not, of
course, mean that there has not been much valuable individual contact and exchange of views. It may, however, help to account
for the subject not having been given the recognition and resources it deserves, despite some excellent individual programmes
of research and development.
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