26e98ff7-0cdd-4607-91f1-4b347b629afc dataset Ali Robinson Compass Informatics GIS & Data Analyst 01 2000086 Compass Informatics Block 8 Blackrock Business Park Carysfort Avenue Blackrock ie arobinson@compass.ie 2010-11-17T13:27:05 Based on ISO 19115:2005/19139:2007 INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC Metadata Implementing Rules 1.2 INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules 112 TM65_Irish_Grid National Roads Authority Excavations 2010-10-05 Heritage Council Coastal Heritage Beatrice Kelly Heritage Council Head of Policy and Research 056 7770777 áras na hOidhreachta Church lane Kilkenny Kilkenny ie mail@heritagecouncil.ie Beatrice Kelly Heritage Council Head of Policy and Research 056 7770777 áras na hOidhreachta Church lane Kilkenny Kilkenny ie mail@heritagecouncil.ie Ronan Swan National Roads Authority Head of Archaeology 353 1 6658857 National Roads Authority St Martin's House Waterloo Road Dublin 4 ie info@nra.ie Dataset owned and provided by NRA. Point dataset representative of NRA excavation sites between 2001 to 2007. NRA & Archaeology Consideration of archaeology is fully integrated into the national road scheme planning process and is directly managed by the NRA’s Archaeology section with a view to meeting our statutory obligations, observing best practice, controlling costs, contributing to the efficient delivery of road schemes and disseminating the results of NRA-funded archaeological investigations. The Archaeology section is responsible for the management of the archaeological implications of national road projects. The management function is dictated by requirements in An Bord Pleanála approvals, as well as environmental and national monument legislation; in particular, conditions imposed by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government as to how archaeological excavations are conducted and newly discovered sites and features are dealt with. These management functions are exercised through the procurement and management of archaeological consultants and, where appropriate, the works are undertaken directly by Authority Archaeologists. The primary objective is to complete all archaeological works in advance of the commencement of construction so as to minimise the Authority’s exposure to risk and to minimise the consequential exposure to costs. This is of particular relevance to Design and Build contracts and Public-Private-Partnership contracts. It is also a key objective to ensure that the vast quantity of information created by the Authority’s work can be realised to its full potential and that the knowledge generated feeds back not only into the decision making and project planning process, but also that this knowledge is disseminated to the general public. These activities also make a valuable contribution to promoting a greater awareness of the past among local communities through which national road schemes pass. The cumulative effect of the archaeological work undertaken regarding scheme management, best practice guidance, dissemination and research, ensures that the Authority not only fulfils its statutory obligations as set down in legislation and national policy, but also demonstrates the Authority’s commitment to meaningful compliance. These efforts also serve to place the Authority at the cutting edge of the development and application of new investigation and excavation technologies and techniques, with direct benefits for the efficiency of our work on archaeology on road schemes. Collectively these works support the Authority’s core objective of contributing to sustainable development. Beatrice Kelly Heritage Council Head of Policy and Research 056 7770777 áras na hOidhreachta Church lane Kilkenny Kilkenny ie mail@heritagecouncil.ie Protected sites GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 National Roads Authority Excavations, Heritage Council, Coastal Heritage National Roads Authority Excavations 2010-10-06 Seek Permissions Seek Permissions 50000 society Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500 -9.942935 -6.133663 52.202179 53.534416 National Roads Authority SDE Feature Class 0.066 Server=w08-sde93; Service=5273; Database=HCVector; User=HCVectorAdmin; Version=sde.DEFAULT ArcSDE Connection Live Data and Maps 0.066 Server=w08-sde93; Service=5273; Database=HCVector; User=HCVectorAdmin; Version=sde.DEFAULT ArcSDE Connection Live Data and Maps Dataset owned and provided by NRA. Database extracts were filtered by county and shape files generated. Coordinates are in IG. Dataset attributed by 'Townland' and 'Site Type'. Contact www.nra.ie or www.nra.ie/Archaeology/ for further information.