Conditions relating to Archaeological Licences granted under the National Monuments Acts (1930-2004)
The licensee must obtain permission from the owner of the
land/wreck to carry out their project and particularly to alter, dig or
excavate in or under the site before availing of this licence. No
responsibility shall attach to the Minister for the Environment,
Heritage and Local Government for failure on the part of the licensee
to obtain such permission.
The licensee shall be responsible for all loss, damage or injury to
persons or property in any way arising from their project and shall
indemnify the State and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and
Local Government, his/her officers, agents and employees against all
action, loss, claims, damages, expenses and demands arising therefrom.
The licensee shall restore the land to its original condition on
termination of this licence unless otherwise directed by the Minister
or the landowner.
The licensee shall comply in all respects with the provisions of
the National Monuments Acts 1930-2004 and any Act(s) altering, amending
or replacing those Acts. Copies of the Acts are available on the
Department's website www.environ.ie and from the Government Publications Office, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.
Under the provisions of the National Monuments Acts all
archaeological objects are the property of the State. The National
Museum is the State's repository for all archaeological objects. The
National Museum shall be consulted by the licensee in relation to the
final disposition/location of the archaeological objects and the
temporary storage of finds. Separate licences must be applied for if it
is intended to alter, export or destructively sample any artefacts
recovered during the project. Applicatioins for these licences should
be made to the Director of the National Museum.
The licensee shall be given a reference number in relation to each
excavation or part thereof which shall be used in all correspondence
relating to the project and for the numbering of finds (if any)
recovered during the project. S/he shall comply with the specifications
of the National Museum as regards to the numbering and care of
archaeological objects.
The licensee shall conduct the excavation in accordance with the
Method Statement/Research Design appended to the licence application.
This licence is a legal document and is based on information given by
the applicant. Any variation to the strategy outlined must be cleared
in advance with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local
Government.
The applicant in accepting these conditions is also agreeing to
abide by the Departments Policy and Guidelines on Archaeological
Excavations and any subsequent Policy, Guidelines and Advice Notes,
amending or altering the same, issued by the Minister for the
Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
The licensee shall:
(a) Lodge a preliminary
report on the excavation with the Department of the Environment,
Heritage and Local Government and the National Museum within four weeks
of the completion of the excavation.
(b) Lodge a detailed report on the excavation within 12 months of
completion with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local
Government and the National Museum. This report should be to
publication standard and should include a full account, suitably
illustrated, of all archaeological features, finds and stratigraphy
along with a discussion and specialist reports. It is expected that the
licencee will make every effort to have the report published thereafter
and a copy of the published report should be lodged with the
Department.
(c) Publish a concise report to a satisfactory standard in the Excavations Bulletin for the year in which the licence is valid.
The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government may
refuse a licence to any licensee where he deems that the application is
invalid, the method statement is inadequate, or to any applicant who
has more than one report outstanding or has failed to publish within a
reasonable time.
The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government may suspend or revoke this licence at any time.
The licensee must inform the National Monuments Section at least
two working days in advance of the actual commencement of the project.
The licensee must inform the National Monuments Section within two working days of the completion of the project.
Officers, servants or agents of the Minister for the Environment,
Heritage and Local Government may inspect the excavations at any time
and the archaeologist shall facilitate such inspections.
The excavator is obliged to publish the results of
the excavations in a format agreed with the National Monuments Service
and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government may
publish or make generally available in any form, any report, or part
thereof, submitted on the results of the excavation.
'I declare that all the information given by me is accurate and that
if the licence is granted I will abide by the conditions set out above.
I also guarantee that adequate funds are available to complete the
excavation and the post-fieldwork research to a professional standard
and that adequate funds are also available to conserve any
archaeological objects recovered during the project. I also undertake
to publish the results of this excavation in a format agreed with the
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government'.
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