Radiocarbon dates from the inter-tidal peat bed at Portrush, County Antrim

Wilson, Peter; Westley, Kieran; Plets, Ruth; Dempster, Michael

doi:10.1080/00750778.2011.620415

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“…Superimposed is a composite RSL curve (McCabe, Cooper, & Kelley, 2007;Kelley et al, 2006). Also shown are radiocarbon dated upper and lower limits on RSL (Brooks & Edwards, 2006) supplemented by recently dated samples (Wilson et al, 2011;this paper). Data points mentioned in text are labeled, those in italics are submerged or intertidal peats.…”

Section: Methodology Marine Geophysical Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…See Figure for locations and Wilson et al () for further discussion. Dates calibrated with Calib 6.0.1 and the IntCal 2009 calibration curve (Reimer et al., ).…”

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“…Radiocarbon dates in uncalibrated years are plotted alongside the logs. Insert aerial photograph shows core locations as well as the intertidal peat exposure on Mill Strand (see Table for calibrated dates; Wilson et al., ).…”

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“…Scanned hardcopy borehole logs were input into Rockworks software for display and interpretation. The recorded lithostratigraphic sequence for each log was interpreted in the context of local Table I for calibrated dates; Wilson et al, 2011). paleoenvironmental change (see below for interpretation) and transformed into stratigraphic units that best represent the evolution of the paleo-landscape. Stratigraphic surfaces were gridded within Rockworks using the Kriging algorithm (with additional polynomial interpolation) at a 50 m cell size and exported to ArcGIS for integration with the offshore data, analysis, and paleo-geographic reconstruction.…”

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Holocene Paleo‐Geographic Reconstructions of the Ramore Head Area, Northern Ireland, Using Geophysical and Geotechnical Data: Paleo‐Landscape Mapping and Archaeological Implications

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We present early to mid-Holocene paleo-geographic reconstructions for the Ramore Head area (Northern Ireland). This coastal area is characterised by Mesolithic occupation (c. 10-6 ka) and preserved early-mid Holocene peats both on-and offshore. This paper improves on previous reconstructions by employing a backstripping methodology which removes accumulated recent deposits from identified buried paleolandsurfaces instead of using modern topography as an analogue to the past landscape. Paleo-landsurfaces are identified offshore from seismic profiles supplemented by cores, and onshore through legacy borehole records. The paleo-landsurface can be traced offshore to depths of -2 to -19 m and is buried by <5 m of modern sediment. It extends onshore under the coastal town of Portrush and is buried <2.5-10 m below modern ground level. The identified paleo-landsurface is combined with sea-level curves from recent Glacio-Isostatic-Adjustment models to reconstruct marine transgression during the early-mid-Holocene.Comparison is also made with reconstructions based on modern topography. Together, the identified paleo-landsurfaces and revised reconstructions can assist future site prospection on-and offshore and delimit high potential areas for heritage management. Revised reconstructions also allow placement of extant archaeology into a more accurate context of landscape change and help develop insights into localscale site location patterns.2

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Section: Methodology Marine Geophysical Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…See Figure for locations and Wilson et al () for further discussion. Dates calibrated with Calib 6.0.1 and the IntCal 2009 calibration curve (Reimer et al., ).…”

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“…These are found all around Ireland in contexts ranging from exposed beaches to sheltered sea loughs and are often only revealed when storms strip away the covering sand (e.g. Mitchell, 1976;O'Sullivan, 2001;McErlean et al, 2002;Wilson et al, 2011). The vast majority are Holocene in date, with a few Late Pleistocene examples (Carter, 1982).…”

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Submerged Mesolithic Landscape Investigation, Eleven Ballyboes, Republic of Ireland

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2015

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This paper reports on the first systematic attempt to conduct archaeological survey and excavation for submerged prehistory on the island of Ireland. Fieldwork was conducted in two small bays where early Mesolithic flint artefacts washed ashore hinted at the presence of a submerged assemblage. Methods employed include non-intrusive survey, hand coring and excavation. Together, these allowed identification of the artefact source (albeit reworked) in one bay and an early Holocene peat in the other. Though the subtidal assemblage is reworked and relatively small, it is significant in an Irish context and more widely illustrates the potential preservation of prehistoric sites and palaeo-landscapes in high-energy settings.

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Radiocarbon dates from the inter-tidal peat bed at Portrush, County Antrim

Cited by 6 publications

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Holocene Paleo‐Geographic Reconstructions of the Ramore Head Area, Northern Ireland, Using Geophysical and Geotechnical Data: Paleo‐Landscape Mapping and Archaeological Implications

Holocene Paleo‐Geographic Reconstructions of the Ramore Head Area, Northern Ireland, Using Geophysical and Geotechnical Data: Paleo‐Landscape Mapping and Archaeological Implications

Submerged Mesolithic Landscape Investigation, Eleven Ballyboes, Republic of Ireland

Irish Sea and Atlantic Margin

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