Project: Monitoring the Archaeology of Sligo's Coastline: The MASC Project Directors: Dr. James Bonsall, Sam Moore, IT Sligo Location: County Sligo Year: 2014-ongoing Funding: No funding Website: https://themascproject.wordpress.com Aim: The aim of the MASC Project is to engage with and provide training for individuals, voluntary community groups and interested NGO’s living or operating along the coastline of Co. Sligo to… Continue reading Monitoring the Archaeology of Sligo’s Coastline: The MASC Project
Knocknashee Archaeology Project
Project: Knocknashee Archaeology Project Directors: Dr. Dirk Brandherm, Cormac McSparron, Queen's University Belfast Location: Knocknashee, Lavagh, Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo Year: 2016-ongoing Funding: Royal Irish Academy Grant (2016, 2017) Aim: Geophysical surveys assessed house sites on the plateau of Knocknashee, a hillfort complex which also contains two Passage Tombs. In 2016 I directed surveys at Earthsound Archaeological Geophysics across the entire… Continue reading Knocknashee Archaeology Project
Europe’s Lost Frontiers Project
Europe's Lost Frontiers, is a major ERC-funded research project exploring the lost landscapes that were inundated at the end of the last Ice Age. I was the Chief Scientist on board RV Celtic Voyager, directing marine geophysical surveys in the Irish Sea which were used to create new high resolution maps of the submerged landscape.… Continue reading Europe’s Lost Frontiers Project
Great Connell Abbey Exploration Project
Project: Great Connell Abbey Exploration Project Directors: James Bonsall, Earthsound Archaeological Geophysics & Dr. Thomas Loughlin, Irish Hellenic Institute, Athens, Greece. Location: Great Connell Abbey, Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland Year: 2012-2014 Funding: €3,900 (Kildare County Council Community Heritage Grant €2,400, Kildare Archaeological Society Research Grant €1,500) Aim: This project examined the use and demise of Great Connell Abbey by tracing the… Continue reading Great Connell Abbey Exploration Project
Forensic Geophysics
One of the things I find most enjoyable about my work is that I can apply my geophysical knowledge to a variety of situations, working in new disciplines and answering questions that don't always have an archaeological aspect. A good example of this is my work on forensic investigations. From time to time I've been… Continue reading Forensic Geophysics
Dr James Bonsall 