File 5 - Beach erosion

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UGA P120/3/3/10/5

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Beach erosion

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  • 1991-2013

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1 folder (c. 70 pp)

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Page of notes on grazing on Goirtín / Dog's Bay, and press cuttings on the subject of protecting Roundstone beach. A report by Teagasc on Erosion at Gorteen Bay and Dog's Bay - outlines measures such as fencing, grass seed mixture to help bind the sand, control of the rabbit population, signs, costings are also included.

Letter of protest from the Roundstone Community Council to the Minister of the Marine objecting to a licence being awarded to the University of Milan to remove 30 tons of sand from Dog's Bay, with related enclosures (1991). Copy of thesis by Louise Purton 'An Investigation of the Evolution of Dog's Bay / Gorteen Bay Tombolo' 1993. An information leaflet written by Dr Adrian Rundle of the Kent Geologists' Group on the diverse fauna present in sand from Dog's Bay.

Correspondence with Eamon P Kelly of the National Museum relating to a quern at Dog's Bay. Midden deposits and limpet shells also discussed. (2002).

Photocopy from 'Excavations 1991, summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland', 'Investigation of the prehistoric settlements near Roundstone', 'An essay on military architecture in Ireland previous to the English invasion'.

Filed with this in Tim's archive is a letter from Rietje de Bijl about a project underway in the Netherlands on infant burial grounds. (May 2013). And a letter marked 'Ervallagh painting'.

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      22/10/2016
      16/07/2025

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