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Excited that our book on Baltinglass and the Prehistoric Hillforts of Ireland is nominated for Book of the Year in the 2026 Current Archaeology Awards! The only hillfort on show in this category, so please, all of you #HillfortsWednesday crew, get voting! archaeology.co.uk/vote

Our CAPNI Project hits the headlines 🥰

O-M-GEE… our friends at CAPNI where on the news tonight, they have only uncovered evidence of a settlement 8000years ago!! We are so proud these guys are so passionate about their work and all round good guys too! Amazing 😊🪏🪏

Congratulations to Prof Audrey Horning on her appointment to the next REF panel for Archaeology 🎉

New toys for our new Micro Ct laboratory at QUB

Currently recruiting 5 yr archaeological science research post for @ahrcpress RICHeS project @arcpalqub. 5 yrs initially but potentially longer, working on material/elemental/chemical characterisation, including specialist geochemistry/radiocarbon pls RT: jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU880/res…

Congratulations to Prof Eileen Murphy of @arcpalqub who became a Member of the Royal Irish Academy last week. We are extremely proud of her and this fantastic and prestigious achievement

Come join the team! We are recruiting a permanent lecturer in archaeological science with a specialism in biomolecular, biogeochemistry or geoarchaeology. jobs.ac.uk/job/DND779/lec…

Permanent job with us @arcpalqub in archaeological science with specialism in either biogeochemistry, biomolecular or geoarchaeology. Closing 2nd June, but exciting time to join us and have state of the art labs to work with and build from. Please retweet: hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrecru…

Archaeologists believe they have found the site of a 12th Century monastery that was destroyed almost 850 years ago. bbc.in/4jiFPKb

Bellaghy Bog Body in the news, with work by ArcPal helping to unravel the treatment and deposition of the individual: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Great recognition for the team involved in the Ranelagh project with another Award nomination - Voting is now open until 10 Feb - link is here: archaeology.co.uk/vote @SDubhslaine @12greengiraffes @arcpalqub @TIINews #Ranelagh #ForgottenCemetery

Book your tickets now for the CCA’s & UAS’s 8th Annual Discovery! Conference on 8th & 9th November. Purchase tickets & view the programme at qub.ac.uk/sites/uas/Conf… @arcpalqub

The first session of the CCA and UAS 8th Discovery! Conference will be on Community Archaeology. 4/5 lectures will be given by CCA's Prof Eileen Murphy, Ruairi O Baoill, Brian Sloan and Dr Colm Donnelly. Book tickets at: qub.ac.uk/sites/uas/Conf…

A Queen's #archaeology initiative is to benefit from a major, national investment by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council. "This will enhance our leadership in heritage science, particularly through our renowned 14CHRONO dating facility, aiming to resolve legacy dating issues in UK museum collections while meeting Northern Ireland’s regional #heritage sector needs." - @papgleeson, @arcpalqub Find out more: ow.ly/HQ5w50THVVL #LoveQUBResearch @QUBNBE @ahrcpress @UKRI_News #RICHeS #CulturalHeritage #RadiocarbonDating

Our Facility will be offering state of the art analytical capacity for Northern Ireland and the wider sector as a part of RICHeS, including a specialist dating and characterising facility for legacy materials and ultra small samples in museum and heritage collections.

We are delighted to have been awarded a multi million pound investment for our IHES facility as a part of the #RICHeS Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science programme, funded as part of the @ahrcpress @UKRI_News as part of the UKRI Infrastructure Fund 🎉