Maritime archaeology in Northern Ireland

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ID3390546
AuthorsBrian Williams (0000-0002-3174-4876), Tom Mcerlean (University of Ulster)
Year2002
Volume76
Issue292
Pages505-511
Publication date2002-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00090621
OpenAlexW4245118047
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

IntroductionThe study of maritime archaeology is a relatively new activity in Northern Ireland. This paper introduces the approach that has been adopted in investigating the maritime cultural landscape and takes a detailed look at the maritime archaeology of Strangford Lough.Only in the last decade has government in Northern Ireland been responsible for the management of maritime archaeology. The Department of the Environment agency, Environment and Heritage Service (EHS), administers the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 in Northern Ireland's territorial waters. Having no knowledge of the subject and faced with the management of shipwrecks, EHS Grst created a register of known shipwrecks. A Senior Fellow, Colin Breen, was appointed in 1993 in the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast. Using docurnentary sourc:es such as Lloyd's List and Lloyd's Register, together with Parlianientary Sessional papers and many other documentary sources, he identified some 3000 wrecks around Northern Ireland's short coastline (Breen 1996

Agency (philosophy) · Archaeology · Economy · Ethnology · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Irish · Maritime archaeology · Northern ireland · Queen (butterfly) · Register (sociolinguistics) · Service (business) · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Environmental Engineering and Cultural Studies · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

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