@michellecomber.bsky.social
Archaeologist. Excavator. Lecturer in Archaeology at University of Galway.
Students volunteering to scrub animal bones... yay!
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Students volunteering to scrub animal bones... yay!
Saturdays in the Burren... (with some of the students from our 'Archaeology and Irish Identity' module)
September 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Saturdays in the Burren... (with some of the students from our 'Archaeology and Irish Identity' module)
Archaeology on the move!
September 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Archaeology on the move!
Sometimes the back-fill gets in your boot...
July 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Sometimes the back-fill gets in your boot...
Spot the corner of the 1948 excavation...
July 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Spot the corner of the 1948 excavation...
Ring-fore!-t... Sometimes de-sodding reveals an, er, surprise...
July 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Ring-fore!-t... Sometimes de-sodding reveals an, er, surprise...
The Ringfort Orchid (aka Pyramidal Orchid)...
July 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The Ringfort Orchid (aka Pyramidal Orchid)...
Anyone seen a stone this colour before..? Caused by intense heat?
July 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Anyone seen a stone this colour before..? Caused by intense heat?
Of beads and pots... tales from Rathgurreen this week.
July 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Of beads and pots... tales from Rathgurreen this week.
We were delighted to welcome visitors to Rathgurreen today!
July 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We were delighted to welcome visitors to Rathgurreen today!
Something a little different in the bead department - finding it made my afternoon..!
June 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Something a little different in the bead department - finding it made my afternoon..!
Two teeney weeney blue glass beads from Rathgurreen today...
June 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Two teeney weeney blue glass beads from Rathgurreen today...
Summer diggin'...
June 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Summer diggin'...
One man and his sieve... Pat test-driving his creation!
June 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
One man and his sieve... Pat test-driving his creation!
Prehistoric lithic or Early Medieval sherd - something for everyone at Rathgurreen this week...
June 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Prehistoric lithic or Early Medieval sherd - something for everyone at Rathgurreen this week...
Lovely little find today - part of an amber bead... Well spotted by Aidan!
June 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Lovely little find today - part of an amber bead... Well spotted by Aidan!
A bird's eye view...
June 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A bird's eye view...
The trowelling begins...
June 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The trowelling begins...
'And we're off!' Excavation at Rathgurreen Ringfort, Co. Galway got off to a great start today - with the rain holding off until the very end of the day. Lewis even found a stone axe!
June 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
'And we're off!' Excavation at Rathgurreen Ringfort, Co. Galway got off to a great start today - with the rain holding off until the very end of the day. Lewis even found a stone axe!
Spent the day getting this place - Rathgurreen Ringfort, Co. Galway - all ship-shape and ready for excavation on Monday. Bring on the excavation!
May 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Spent the day getting this place - Rathgurreen Ringfort, Co. Galway - all ship-shape and ready for excavation on Monday. Bring on the excavation!
Excavation season is nearly upon us - the annual campus exodus for yours truly! A little 'stock-taking' to sort first...
May 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Excavation season is nearly upon us - the annual campus exodus for yours truly! A little 'stock-taking' to sort first...
Delighted to recently be awarded a 2025 Community Monuments Fund grant to work with the landowner, archaeologist Kate Robb, and ecologist John Conaghan to create a conservation plan for the impressive Rathgurreen Ringfort, Co. Galway.
#CMF2025 @nationalmons.bsky.social
#CMF2025 @nationalmons.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Delighted to recently be awarded a 2025 Community Monuments Fund grant to work with the landowner, archaeologist Kate Robb, and ecologist John Conaghan to create a conservation plan for the impressive Rathgurreen Ringfort, Co. Galway.
#CMF2025 @nationalmons.bsky.social
#CMF2025 @nationalmons.bsky.social
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of presenting President Michael D. Higgins with a copy of our book 'People, Prehistory, and the Past - essays in honour of John Waddell' at Aras an Uachtarain.
April 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of presenting President Michael D. Higgins with a copy of our book 'People, Prehistory, and the Past - essays in honour of John Waddell' at Aras an Uachtarain.