Publications

The archaeological review for the 2024 season provides an overview of works that necessitated archaeological oversight only and the nature of that oversight/monitoring on the World Heritage Property of Sceilg Mhichíl.

Skellig Michael was visited on a number of occasions through the summers of 2023 and 2024 with the object of surveying spiders and other invertebrates on the island. This summary report details some of the results so far obtained, offering a list of the spiders including numbers of specimens seen.

The Sceilg Mhichíl Works Report outlines the repair works completed on the World Heritage Property in 2024.

Note: Appendix I refers to an internal report and so has not been uploaded.

This report, commissioned by the National Monuments Service presents a comprehensive analysis of the high-resolution photographic and video recordings of the solar illumination inside the burial chamber at Newgrange passage tomb, located within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Brú na Bóinne – Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne.

Please find attached a report by NPWS describing seabird survey work between 2020 and 2023.

This is the Final Report for a rescue excavation commissioned by the National Monuments Service in 2023 on an area of ground at the Upper Lighthouse on Sceilg Mhichíl that is the subject of erosion from increased storminess and precipitation.

This report, dated December 2023, tracks the progress of implementing the action programme of the Sceilg Mhichíl World Heritage Property Management Plan 2020–30.

This report, dated December 2023, tracks the progress of implementing the action plan of the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Property Management Plan 2017–27.

The Sceilg Mhichíl Works Report outlines the repair works completed on the World Heritage Property in 2023.

Note: Appendix F – Emergency Exercise Irish Coast Guard Rescue Simulation Minutes has been omitted for GDPR concerns and Appendix E – Summary of the Attributes for Ireland’s two existing World Heritage Properties can be accessed here.

‘A Guide to World Heritage Nomination’ has been developed by the National Monuments Service with international best practice in mind. This guide aims to assist local authorities that are working to progress the nomination of sites on Ireland’s UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.

The publication is the first in a new World Heritage Advice Series to assist members of the public and key stakeholders in understanding the various World Heritage processes and requirements within an Irish context.