Английская Википедия:Irish National Heritage Park
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The Irish National Heritage Park is an open-air museum near Wexford which tells the story of human settlement in Ireland from the Mesolithic period up to the Norman Invasion in 1169. It has 16 reconstructed dwellings including a Mesolithic camp, a Neolithic farmstead, a portal dolmen, a cyst grave, stone circle, medieval ringfort, monastic site, crannóg, and a Viking harbour. It opened in 1987 and is open to the public 363 days of the year. It covers 13.7 hectares of parkland, estuary trails, and wetland forest. It is a not for profit organisation and all its receipts from admissions, restaurant, and shop sales go directly back into the running and maintenance of the park.[1][2][3]
The park offers guided tours led by costumed guides, as well as audio guides or self guiding options. The guided tour lasts about one and a half hours and ends at the reconstructed Viking harbour. The park also contains a restaurant and a gift shop. The Trials of Tuan are a set of activities for children throughout the park, culminating in panning for gold.[4]
Facilities
The park has a carpark, toilets, and a restaurant.[5]
Courses and events
The park runs a selection of courses throughout the year ranging from blacksmithing and wood carving, to stone masonry and mounted combat, as well as other events throughout the year. One of the goals of the park is to bring traditional skills back into the public imagination and make them accessible to as many people as possible.[6]
Carrig, digging the lost town
The newest addition to the park is an archaeological excavation at the site of the first Norman fortification in Ireland, on the hill of Carrig overlooking the river Slaney. The park partnered with the IAFS (Irish Archaeology Field School) to excavate and research the site providing studying opportunities for international students. The site contains a ringwork, burnt wooden structures, and a later stone castle. A town grew around the castle and existed till the 1300s.[7][8]
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External links
Шаблон:Museums and galleries in the Republic of Ireland by province
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- Open-air museums in the Republic of Ireland
- Museums in County Wexford
- History museums in the Republic of Ireland
- 1987 establishments in Ireland
- Museums established in 1987
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