by Megan McGrath ​Before starting the Graduate Trainee Scheme with Rubicon Heritage, the only experience of archaeology I had outside of a classroom was a two-week field school I participated in during college. I thought that had somehow given me an idea of what working in commercial archaeology would really be like; I was very wrong. ​I came into the scheme with very little practical experience of what archaeology was like as a profession, but I feel that I have gained so much experience and knowledge in just six short months with the help of all the amazing staff here at Rubicon ..read more

By Jonathan Millar The east-bound lane was excavated in December of 2016. Rubicon Heritage are pleased to announce that Stage (iv) archaeological works (specialist analyses and reporting) have commenced for the N25 Killeagh Pavement Strengthening Scheme. The fieldwork was undertaken from 2016 to 2017 on behalf of MEIC Ltd. The project was funded by Cork County Council on behalf of Transport Infrastructure Ireland.  The focus of archaeology on this project was the excavation of human remains outside the Old Killeagh Parish Church and Graveyard. In addition to archaeological excavati ..read more

Rubicon are delighted to be able to share the results of our work at Five Mile Lane, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan in the form of an accessible eBook and an interactive StoryMap!  ​ The excavations were conducted in 2017 and 2018 by Red River Archaeology Group and uncovered a previously unknown multi-period landscape which has been used in a multitude of ways since humans first settled the Vale of Glamorgan. ​Please follow the links below to learn more! Cover of the eBook: Guide to the Excavations at Five Mile Lane The investigations were undertaken by Red River Archaeology Group ..read more

​Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd is delighted to announce we have successfully tendered for and won the M28 Cork to Ringaskiddy Project - Archaeological Consultancy Services Contract, Stages (i) to (iv). The M28 Project is being progressed by Cork County Council on behalf of Transport Infrastructure Ireland ​The archaeological services contract was recently signed between Rubicon and Cork County Council. The archaeological  services are being undertaken in advance of the M28 project, which is being progressed by Cork County Council on behalf of Transport Infrastructure Ireland. Ru ..read more

We have just published a new StoryMap revisiting a site we dug in 2006. You can view it via the link below! Composite image showing the Wessex-type gold bead cover with the burnt human bone recovered from the Mucklagh 2 cremation burial. At Mucklagh 2, excavated as part of the N52 Tullamore Bypass for Offaly County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, we identified a unique Bronze Age link between Co. Offaly in the centre of Ireland and Wessex, via a gold object and an antler awl found within the cremation burial of an adult and a child. ​ The StoryMap repurposes research ..read more

During the last 22 years, Rubicon has undertaken a huge range of archaeological projects, ranging from residential and renewable energy developments to larger, more complex schemes, such as flood relief / wastewater schemes and infrastructural improvement schemes. Rubicon have also been involved in Archaeological Services Contracts on numerous road and rail schemes, both rural and urban. However, once the digging stops the work is not finished – in some ways, the most challenging stage of the works is just beginning! The final stage of any project, once the required reports have been complete ..read more

by Teresa Bolger ​As part of the archaeological works associated with Luas Cross City (LCC), Rubicon Heritage Ltd. carried out an archaeological excavation at Grangegorman East. The location, which was to form a pedestrian access route from the LCC Grangegorman Stop to TU Grangegorman campus, had been flagged as the site of a potential cemetery in the original Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) for the scheme. A discrete programme of targeted archaeological test excavations in August 2015, identified two NE–SW orientated parallel trenches containing disarticulated human remains ..read more

Rubicon's Quality and Compliance Manager CARMELITA TROY discusses the process of achieving ISO Certification​ On my return to work from maternity leave in September 2020, Rubicon’s Senior Management Team approached me to take on a role in Quality Management. I was genuinely intrigued and interested as my basic understanding of QM at the time was that its premise was rooted in consistency. Since then, I have come to learn that indeed consistency is a core p ..read more

By James Hession Rubicon regularly assists developers with accessing land for housing. This includes both pre-planning advice which establishes whether there is likely to be archaeology on site and mitigation services eg archaeological survey or excavation, which records known archaeology ahead of development. In 2017 we were involved in such a project at a medieval cemetery associated with the priory and hospital of St John the Baptist, located at Johns’ Lane West, Dublin 8. ​The work was carried out on behalf of Focus Housing, who were re-developing the site from an emergency hostel in ..read more

​Rubicon Heritage is very proud that we have achieved recognition of our commitment to the delivery of high quality services by achieving accreditation to the recognised international standards ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001, for Quality, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Management.  ​We are the first archaeological contractor in Ireland and the UK to achieve certification for all three standards together. ​The accreditation recognises the strength of our management systems and provides our clients with clear and certain assurance of the quality of delivery across all aspects ..read more