A brief index card relating to the townland of Annaghbeg, [Coill an Eanaigh]. Includes a note from Griffith's Valuation.
Material relating to the 1975 and 1980 maps of the Aran Islands created by Tim Robinson. Includes early map drafts, field note books, detailed correspondence on placenames. See P120/3/1/8/8 for Robinson's own description of his mapping methodology.
Two copies of an essay written by Tim Robinson entitled 'Aran's Square Root', in which he explores his artistic instinct to imagine a sculptural form of the Aran landscape. He focuses on the Wormhole / Poll na bPéist, and extends his theory with a mathematical equation.
A printed list of Burren Archaeological Sites giving detail on the type of site, its grid reference, its Ordnance Survey map sheet number, townland, and the name of the source of information about the site.
A computer generated map, untitled but showing a section of the Burren, with colour-coded cairns and cists, megalithic tombs and fulachta fiadh.
A magnified section of the Clare OSS IV 12 and V9, scale 1/2500 feed, with Poulnagollum Cave highlighted.
Correspondence between Michael Moore, Archaeologist within the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, later changing to Dúchas, and Tim Robinson. The first letter encloses a photocopy of the identification lists in the Recorded Monuments Register for the Burren (RMR), and explains the background of the RMR as arising from the 1994 National Monuments Act. Copy reply from Robinson encloses a list of the megalithic tombs and other monuments that he wishes to add to his revised Burren map, with a list of queries for Moore. Subsequent correspondence discusses these, and a souterrain at Ballygarran North in detail. (cMar-Dec 1998) c100pp;
Letter from Paul Gosling to Robinson putting him in contact with a Fanore based archaeologist who has details of fulachta fiadh and a wedge tomb for Robinson. Copy reply from Robinson. (4-6 Nov 1998) 2pp;
Two handwritten letters from Gordon D'Arcy to Robinson with information on a bronze age cairn near Poll an Bhallain (16 Jan-5 Aug 1998) 2pp;
Correspondence between Brendan and Cathy [O'Donoghue] and Tim Robinson. A fax from the O'Donoghues gives information on Stallions Field and Poll a' dhéint. A copy reply from Robinson commenting on these. Photocopies of maps with some additional features added in. Two photographs of Cappaghkennedy Wedge sent to Robinson from Brendan. (c6 Nov - 8 Dec 1998) 8pp and 2 photographs;
Fax from Michael Greene to Tim Robinson, marking Lios na nArd on his map, and enquiring about the Archaeological Historical Conference (8 Jan 1999) 1p;
Robinson's handwritten notes, a list of extra sites for his revised map, taken from the RMR (1998) 3pp.
Two typed articles for The Times, 'The Burren' and 'The Aran Islands' describing both landscapes for a new audience. Two pages of handwritten notes with the fax number and editor's name for submission.
Copy of a BA dissertation submitted in UCD in May 1999 'Controversy Surrounding the Proposed Clifden Airstrip' by Paula de Courcey.