For all you wild swimmers out there! You can now check the water quality before entering the water on this app from the EU swim project. Although there are no beaches included within this AONB, nearby beaches include Ballyholme, Ballywalter and Newcastle. 🏊‍♀️

Lets raise awareness! Whales and dolphins need their personal space too! DAERA is part of a partnership to highlight how you should record & report disturbances of whales & dolphins More info at https://uk.whales.org/…/watch-out-for-dolphins-when-you-ar…/ #rudetointrude Whale and Dolphin Conservation WDC Scottish Dolphin Centre Police Service of Northern Ireland

As part of the 'Journeying Beyond Westeros' project on Medieval Ulster, Archaeology at QUB took some footage of the extremely knowledgeable Tomás Ó Brógáin of Oireas Historical Services talking about Medieval galloglass weaponry.

The project is currently being undertaken in ArcPal in collaboration with the Strangford Lough and Lecale Partnership, and supported and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Tourism NI, and the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, as part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage programme.

You can see the...

Open 12 - 4pm every weekend until the 30th of September, a fascintating FREE exhibition of our local maritime heritage.

Make sure to visit if you are in the area!

The CEDaR training programme for 2019 is well underway, go to www.nmni.com/Whats-on for more information on courses stilla available and to book your place.

A date for your diary! A free drop-in environmental workshop is coming to Delamont 23rd August. An excellent opportunity for all budding environmentalists!

for more information please contact Danielle Begley on: danielle.begley@nmandd.org or call 0300 013 2233 Ext 3092

This conference is presented by the National Monuments Service of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in partnership with the Office of Public Works and organised by Archaeology Ireland.

This is a one-day conference focusing on sacred sites and the significance of pilgrimage. From prehistory to the present day, pilgrimage has served to connect and reconnect people and places. The conference will explore how we can understand pilgrimage as a cultural and spiritual experience and its wider archaeological and heritage contexts.

An interdisciplinary...

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council joined partners this week to officially launch Atlantic CultureScape, a new €2 million project awarded funding by the EU Interreg Atlantic Area Programme. Partners from across the Atlantic Area attended the launch event at Killeavy Castle Estate, Meigh, Ring of Gullion, hosted by lead partner, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. Atlantic CultureScape aims to collectively develop intangible cultural heritage experiences that will boost the tourism offer across the Atlantic Area.

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council will be...

We are pleased to be able to let you know that the Forest Expansion Scheme [fifth phase] has been opened today for planting in 2019/2020 and the press release is available on this link