MAKING HISTORY How do Historians and Archaeologists
know about Clonmacnoise? Historians and archaeologists often begin their investigations with questions. They research sources to provide the evidence which will answer the questions. Clonmacnoise, on the banks of the River Shannon, just south of present-day Athlone, was one of the greatest monasteries in Early Christian Ireland.
HISTORICAL EVIDENCE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION
1. How old is
Clonmacnoise and who founded it?
5. Why was this location chosen for the monastery?
6. Was there only one wall around it?
What questions did historians and archaeologists ask about Clonmacnoise and where did they find some of the answers?
2. Did many people live here?
3. What did they work at?
4. What connection did the monastery have with the river?
7. What use was made of the buildings?
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Are there any other questions you would like to add to the questions above about Clonmacnoise?
How does new technology help in the investigatng and understanding what life was like in Clonmacnoise?
Go onto YouTube and look up ‘The Lost City of Clonmacnoise – Secret of the Stones Excerpt’.
Next, look up ‘The Lost City of Clonmacnoise 3D App’.
