Joe Fenwick

Archaeological Field Officer

Biography

Joe Fenwick received his B.A. degree from U.C.D. in 1991 and his M.A. degree from N.U.I. Galway, in 1997. Prior to joining the department, he contributed to a number of major research projects including Knowth Excavations (U.C.D.), The Tara Survey (The Discovery Programme) and the ArchaeoGeophysical Imaging Project (N.U.I. Galway). He also worked for a number of years in the commercial sector, trading as Archaeological Ltd. As Archaeological Field Officer (Senior Technician), he specializes in the area of field research and scientific survey techniques with a particular interest in the major Irish royal landscapes of Tara, Co. Meath and Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon, in addition to the Brugh na Bóinne area of Co. Meath. He is a member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI) and the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI).

Office ARC206, Department of Archaeology, School of Geography and Archaeology, Arts/Science Building, NUI Galway, Galway.
Tel 00353 (0)91 493100
Fax 00353 (0)91 525700
E-mail joe.fenwicknuigalway.ie

Areas of Expertise

• Archaeological field research design, implementation and supervision
• Production of archaeological maps and written reports towards publication
• Archaeological geophysics and related software
• Topographical survey and related software
• Global navigation satellite systems and related software
• Geographical Informatin Systems (GIS)

Technical Training, Field Classes, Demonstration & Case-Study Lectures

• AR245 Archaeology in Practice (2nd year undergraduate course)
• Structured PhD modular courses: SPA450 Introduction to digital survey - the total station; SPA451 Introduction to digital survey - Trimble GPS
• Graduate Courses: Introductin to Archaeological Geophysics; Introduction to GIS applications in archaeology
• MA in Landscape Archaeology
• Diploma in Archaeology

Areas of Responsibility

• Co-ordination and operation of archaeological field classes and demonstrations for undergraduate students
• Co-ordination and operation of archaeological field classes, with supporting class demonstrations and lectures, for both taught and research graduate students
• Undergraduate and graduate technical up-skilling
• Staff up-skilling and research support (field survey and report writing towards publication)
• Management of departmental field and computer equipment
• Management and maintenance of the departmental webpage

Research 

• Archaeological field research at Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth and Crewbane, Co. Meath as part of The Brugh na Bóinne Research Project.(in collaboration with Richard Warner, Belfast, George Eogan, Dublin, Gerard Dowling, Galway and Roeanne Schot, Galway)
• Contributor to the continued departmental research of Tara, Co. Meath, with Conor Newman, in collaboration with The Discovery Programme (Dublin)
• Contributor to ongoing departmental research of the ancient royal site of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon, as part of The Connacht Project (with Professor John Waddell, Professor Máirín Ní Dhonnchadha and Dr Roseanne Schot)
• Contributor to field research of Rathbrennan conjoined earthwork, Co. Roscommon, as part of The Connacht Project (directed by Professor Máirín Ní Dhonnchadha, School of Humanities in collaboration with Professor John Waddell, Archaeology) - supported by The Centre for Antique, Medieval and Pre-modern Studies ( CAMPS).
• Topographical and geophysical survey of Granard motte-and-bailey, Co. Longford, as part of 'The Frontier in medieval Ireland' project (directed by Dr Kieran O'Conor)
• Geophysical Survey of Cahermacnaghten cashel, Co. Clare, and Aghmacart (site of medical school), Co. Laois as part of 'An Archaeology of Learning:  Estates, Schools and Residences of Native Learned Families in Ireland c.1300-1600' (directed by Dr Elizabeth FitzPatrick)
• Survey of the tombs of the Irish earls as part of 'San Pietro in Montorio: burial place of the exiled Irish in Rome' project (directed by Dr Elizabeth FitzPatrick)
• Mapping and geophysical survey of Lissaroo deserted 19th century tenant settlement, and detailed survey of Caherbannagh deserted village, as part of 'The Archaeology of the Famine' Project (directed by Maggie Ronayne)
• Community and Heritage: Tara and the M3 motorway
  

Publications

Select Publications

• 2013 The landscape features, follies and antiquities of Dowth demesne. Archaeology Ireland 27(1), 25-30.
• 2012 Geophysical survey of Knowth Area 11, Appendix 8 in Excavations at Knowth in the first and second millennia AD, George Eogan, with contributions by Cathy Johnson, Madeline O'Brien and others,  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy.
• 2012 (with G. Dowling, R. Schot, & J. Rogers) Crewbane souterrain and nearby archaeological features, Brugh na Bóinne, Slane, Co. Meath. Ríocht na Midhe XXIII, 1-25.
• 2011 review article of "The rath of the Synods, Tara, Co. Meath: excavations by Seán P Ó Ríordáin" by Eoin Grogan.  Ríocht na Midhe XXII, 280-285.
• 2010 The Hyperborean harpists of Hibernia; To the ends of the Earth; Worse things happen at sea, in M. Davies, U. MacConville & G. Cooney (eds), A Grand Gallimaufry: collected in honour of Nick Maxwell. Wordwell, Dublin. 231-234, 256-258, 286. 
• (ed) 2009 Lost and Found II: rediscovering Ireland's past, Dublin.
• 2009 (with J. Waddell and K. Barton) Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon: archaeological and geophysical survey in a ritual landscape. Dublin.
• 2009 (with R. Warner & G. Eogan) Revealing hidden details of the ancient landscape at Newgrange, Brugh na Bóinne World Heritage Site, Co. Meath. Ríocht na Midhe XX, 5-23.
• 2005 (with K. Barton) Geophysical Investigations at the Ancient Royal Site of Rathcroghan,Co. Roscommon, Ireland. Archaeological Prospection 12(1), 3-18. 
• 2005 The geophysical survey of the M3 toll-motorway corridor: a prelude to Tara's destruction? Ríocht na Midhe 16, 8-22. 
• 2004 An Integrated Approach to Archaeological Survey Design, Methodology and Data Management, in K. Fennema and H. Kamermans (eds) Making the connection to the Past CAA 99: Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Proceedings of the 27th Conference, Dublin, April 1999. Leiden University, 89-95. 
• (ed) 2003 Lost and Found: Discovering Ireland's Past. Bray.
• 2003 Tales from the Hill of Tara: the ghost of monuments past, in J. Fenwick (ed.), Lost and Found: Discovering Ireland's Past. Bray.
• 2002 (with C. Newman) Geomagnetic survey on the Hill of Tara, Co. Meath. - 1998/99. Discovery Programme Reports 6, 1-18.
• 1997 A Panoramic view from the Hill of Tara, Co. Meath. Ríocht na Midhe 9 (3), 1-11.
• 1995 The manufacture of a decorated macehead from Knowth, County Meath. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 125, 51-60.

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