Bog Guardians: Community engagement with our cultural and industrial peatland landscape
Organised for Heritage week by the Institute of Archaeology of Ireland; Irish Peatland Archaeology Across time; Lemanaghan Heritage and Conservation group
Gather and introductions at the Old School House, Lemanaghan. Co. Offaly
🔸 Walk into the Bog: Archaeology in the Landscape
A guided walk into the bog to explore archaeological features and hear stories embedded in the landscape.
🔸 Talks in the Old School House
Return indoors for a series of short talks on local heritage, industrial peatlands and the Deeptime Agency project
🔸 IPEAAT and Deeptime Agency – Kite Event in the Bog 🪁
A kite flying event which will bring the community together in order to reflect on the the transformation of the local (energy) landscape, from an industrial peat bog to a large-scale wind farm.
Walk into the bog for a participatory kite-flying event—a symbolic engagement with landscape, time, and sky.
Saturday, August 23, 12-2:20pm
General admission: free
Tickets available on https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bog-guardians-tickets-1423804560769?aff=ebdssbdestsearch