Denis Naughten
Question:74. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a national register of neolithic sites is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44258/13]
View answerTuesday, 22 October 2013
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Information on all recorded monuments, of which there are over 130,000, is most readily accessible from the Archaeological Survey of Ireland section of my Department's National Monuments Service website, www.archaeology.ie. The monuments are displayed on a GIS-based mapping facility, which includes, in a majority of cases, information on individual monuments.
While there is no specific register of Neolithic sites available, all known Neolithic monuments are included in the records on the website. In addition, the most readily identifiable of Neolithic monuments are contained in the Survey of Megalithic Tombs of Ireland, Vols. 1-6, which is available for download in the Publications section of www.archaeology.ie.