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Ráith Gráinne, Tara (Turntable Movie)
Ráith Gráinne is named after the legendary princess Gráinne, who fled from Tara and from Finn mac Cumaill with her lover Diarmait úa Duibne. It is a barrow (about 60m in diameter) consisting of a central mound surrounded by a ditch and external bank. In the centre are the remains of what may be another, small barrow. By combining geophysical and topographic data it has been possible to demonstrate …
Creator
- The Discovery Programme
Publisher
- The Discovery Programme
Subject
- National Monuments in State Care
- Barrow - ring-barrow
- archaeological sites
- archaeology
- national monuments
- barrows
- Archaeology
- Archaeological site
Type of item
- Movie
Medium
- Earth
Creator
- The Discovery Programme
Publisher
- The Discovery Programme
Subject
- National Monuments in State Care
- Barrow - ring-barrow
- archaeological sites
- archaeology
- national monuments
- barrows
- Archaeology
- Archaeological site
Type of item
- Movie
Medium
- Earth
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Rights
- Copyright ©The Discovery Programme
Temporal
- Uncertain
Places
- Ráith Gráinne, Tara
Provenance
- FLI-Map 400 Lidar Survey of the Hill of Tara. FLI-MAP 400; an aerial LiDAR survey system, was initially designed to survey infrastructural assets such as roads, railways and electricity supply networks. The sensor system mounted beneath the main helicopter fuselage consists of: Three 150 kHz LiDAR sensors (7◦ forward, nadir and 7◦ aft);Scanning angle 60◦Accuracy (relative) Horizontal 5 cm, Vertical 3 cmMultiple returns 4Two RTK GPS receivers – provide accurate location in used in conjunction with RTK base stations;Inertial Navigation System (INS)- continuously track the position, orientation, and velocity of the helicopter; Digital imaging (11 megapixel) and digital video capture.Resulting data sets include first return (DSM) and last return point (DTM, basre earth) models
Identifier
- http://3dicons.dcu.gr/object/HA/1333
Extent
- base of bank: diameter 31 metres
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-01-28T10:56:32.189Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-08-19T11:25:33.309Z