File 2 - Correspondence and enclosures (various)

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UGA P120/3/3/9/5/2

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Correspondence and enclosures (various)

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  • 1980-1992

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2 folders

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Correspondence with John Waddell, Department of Archaeology at UCG, with notes on middens at Connemara sites, wedge graves, orientations of stone alignments with connections to astronomy (1980-1986);

Correspondence with Etienne Rynne arranging a meeting to discuss field surveys (1983); and enclosing a rubbing of a stone in the old fishery store in Roundstone (1987);

Correspondence with Seán Ó Nualláin, Archaeological Department, OS, reporting information on wedge graves and standing stones (1982);

Letter from M Conroy of the PWE inviting Tim to a meeting on the production of a computerised Sites and Monuments Record (1986);

Note from Finbar McCormick of Queen's University Belfast relating to old tombs and death stones (1986);

Correspondence with Paul Walsh, OS relating to new sites of megalithic interest discovered by Tim in the West (1987);

Correspondence from John Sheehan, Gearóid Carey, Éamon P Kelly, and Deirdre Crombie seeking information on locations (1988);

Correspondence between Dr M O'Connell and Frank Lydon marking a mass rock on a map;

Letter from Jim Higgins regarding an article he is writing on Crannógs.

Small file of handwritten notes - a list of sites marked "for survey" with ticks on the side, 3 photographs of corn kilns taken in Roundstone 1989, a two-page piece on South Connemara and placenames, written 6 March 1987, and another copy with edits. Photocopy of "Galway Castles and Owners in 1574" by J P Nolan. Press cuttings 1984-1998 on archaeological discoveries in the West.

Folder of correspondence between Paul Gosling (Archaeology UCG) and Tim. Exchanges information and new discoveries at sites including at Glencraff, tracings and ideas on work submitted for publication. (1985-1992).

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      11/09/2023
      16/07/2025

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