{"id":696,"date":"2016-07-06T12:30:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T12:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthsound.ie\/?p=696"},"modified":"2018-01-26T15:06:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T15:06:07","slug":"the-hellfire-club-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.earthsound.ie\/index.php\/2016\/07\/06\/the-hellfire-club-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hellfire Club, Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Magnetometry<\/a>

Magnetometry and a great view of Dublin City from Mountpelier Hill. Image: Abarta Heritage<\/p><\/div>\n

Project:<\/strong> The Hellfire Archaeology Project<\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> The Hellfire Club, Mountpelier Hill, Co. Dublin<\/p>\n

Year:<\/strong> 2014<\/p>\n

Client:<\/strong> The Hellfire Club Archaeology Project, on behalf of Abarta Heritage<\/a> and South Dublin County Council<\/p>\n

Aim:<\/strong>\u00a0The purpose of the survey was to assess two Neolithic Passage Tombs \u00a0on top of Mountpelier Hill and the land surrounding the 18th Century Hellfire Club. The\u00a0site was investigated with high resolution Magnetometer<\/a>, Electromagnetic Induction<\/a> and Earth Resistance<\/a> Surveys, as well as LiDAR<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Community Engagement:<\/strong>\u00a03 volunteers worked with Earthsound geophysicists\u00a0over 3 days (volunteer labour contribution: \u20ac986)<\/p>\n

Outcomes:<\/strong> The 2014 geophysical survey results were used to target a series of excavations in 2015 by the Hellfire Club Archaeology Project.<\/p>\n\n\t\t