Our Projects

We collaborate with councils, landscape partnerships and historical societies to ensure our excavations and projects are accessible to the public. Click below to read about some of our recent community excavations.

A community group undertaking a survey in the graveyard of Kilmore church

Community Surveys

We work with local communities to carry out surveys of graveyards, buildings or landscapes. Members of these communities are involved in the fieldwork and are central to the research.

Festivals and Events

We don't just dig, read about some of the other things we do - from education programmes to archaeological festivals!

Publications

The staff of the CCA have produced and contributed to many publications.

Lough Erne Landscape Partnership

The CCA have been involved in several projects with the Lough Erne Landscape Partnership

Ring of Gullion Partnership

The results of several projects carried out by the Centre for Community Archaeology, in partnership with the Ring of Gullion Partnership and the Creggan Historical Society, were presented in a series of talks as part of the Ring of Gullion Lúnasa Festival 2021. From geophysical surveys to excavations, these investigations looked at a range of sites in south Armagh. In particular, the community excavations at Cornahove and the Dorsey earthworks.

Takabuti Project

Professor Eileen Murphy and collaborators have undertaken research to find out more about the life and death of Takabuti, an Egyptian mummy in the Ulster Museum. Find out more and watch presentations for the contributors to the project.

Ballyhanna Research Project

The Ballyhanna Research Project was a cross-border project which undertook a scientific study of the remains of some 1296 human skeletons uncovered as part of the construction of the N15 Bundoran-Ballyshannon bypass. These burials represent the local medieval Gaelic community and the multidisciplinary analysis significantly added to our knowledge of medieval Gaelic Ulster.

Story Maps - Presenting local stories to a wider audience

We've worked with local historical societies to present their knowledge and research to a wider audience.

Discovery! Annual conference

Since 2017 the Centre for Community Archaeology has hosted the annual Discovery! Conference with our partners in the Ulster Archaeological Society. The conference is an opportunity for both interested members of the public and professionals to hear about recent archaeological research and excavation conducted over the previous 12 months, with lectures from across the archaeological community in Ulster – the commercial sector, museums, academics, societies and community groups – all represented at the podium.

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