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Leagan Bearla - English Version

Anuraidh ar ár bhfóram bhí plé ann faoin mhillteanas a rinneadh ar laithreán seandálaíochta i gcontae Ciarraí agus bhí ceist ann faoin riachtanas le freagracht a bheith ar bardaigh as laithráin ar a leith nó as ceantair ina hiomlán. Riamh ó shin a bhíomar ag smaoineamh faoin chaoi is fearr chun rud éigin mar seo a bhunú.

Nuair a bhíomar ag déanamh roinnt taighde, tháinig muid ar thorthaí an Tionscadail ar na Gnéithe Seandálaíochta i mBaol a bhí déanta ag An Chomhairle Oidhreachta. Tagann na thorthaí seo le fios go bhfuil aineolas ginearálta ann i leith shábháilteacht laithráin a bhfuil beag eolas orthu agus ní féidir ach náire shaolta a thabhairt ar an luas ar a bhfuil ár n-oidhreacht dhúchais á milleadh de thoradh an aineolais seo.

bhí an chuid is mó de na laithráin a milleadh, sean agus b'fhéidir nach raibh a fhios ag an bpobal i gcoitinne nárbh ann do na rudaí seo ar an gcéad dul síos. Cuireann sé seo ar chumar úinéirí talún, comhairlí áitiúla, agus mar sin de díspeagadh a dhéanamh dár n-oidhreacht chomhchoiteann.

    Cad is féidir linn a dhéanamh anseo?
  • Is féidir leat cláraigh mar bhardach do do láithreán féin nó do cheantar féin ina hiomlán. Cuirfimid tú ar ár léarscáil bardach agus is féidir leat cabhrú linn súil a chóimeid ar na laithráin a bhfuil beag eolas orthu.
  • Úsáid an rannóg bardachta den bhfóram agus cuir scéala chugainn faoin láithreán nó faoin gceantar atá tofa agat. Sa rannóg seo, is féidir leat tuairisc nó íomhánna a phostáil ar aon ábhar mar gheall ar logainmneacha, gnéithe seandálaíochta, laithráin bheannaithe, stair áitiúla, reachtú reatha agus aon rud eile mar sin.
    Táimid ag iarraidh acmhainn den scoth a dhéanamh anseo agus tá gá againn le do chuid rannpháirtíocht.

Mar atá an tionscadál faoi láthair, níl ach tús é agus tá cuidiú ag teastáil go mór uainn é a líonadh. Cuir do chomhairle chugainn anseo.

As Gaeilge
Last year on our forum there was a discussion about the destruction of an archaeological site in Kerry and there was a point raised about the need for wardens to assume responsibility for the welfare of individual sites or even entire areas. The question of how we could set up something like this has been on our minds since.

While we were doing some research, we came across the results of the Archaeological Features at Risk project, carried out by the Heritage Council, which point to a general ignorance regarding the welfare of lesser known archaeological features in Ireland and the rate at which our national heritage is being destroyed as a result of this ignorance can only be described as a national disgrace.

Most of the sites that have been vandalised or destroyed have been those that the general public probably never even knew existed in the first place, a fact that allows landowners, local councils or otherwise to treat our collective heritage with contempt.
    So what can we do here?
  • You can register as a Bardach (warden) for your own site(s) or your own area as a whole, we'll put you on our map of Bardaigh nationwide, and you can help us all keep an eye on some of the lesser known sites.
  • Use the Bardacht section of the forum and let us know about your chosen site or area. On this section of the forum you can post or request information and images on any subject relating to placenames, local monuments and archaeological features, sacred sites, local history and heritage, current legislation, and anything else in between. We are aiming to build a quality resource here and we need your participation to make it work.
As it stands at the moment, it's just a starting point and we need your help to fill it our. Send us your comments, suggestions or criticism here.