Gardaí are investigating after a replica medieval roundhouse was destroyed in an arson attack at UCD in Dublin earlier this month. The archaeological building, which was built by students and part of the UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture, was set alight on Friday evening, May 10th in what was described by UCD as an ‘arson attack’. UCD professor of Archaeology Aidan O’Sullivan said people were deeply saddened by the incident but that archaeologists were determined to rebuild the house. “Indeed, they are going to take this opportunity to investigate the burnt house as an archaeological feature,” Prof O’Sullivan told The Irish Times. A Garda statement said it was investigating a fire at an archaeological research site on the UCD campus where a medieval replica mud hut was completely destroyed.

Source: The Irish Times May 20, 2019 17:37 UTC