County Down Museum is to host an unusual day conference on Friday 14 March entitled Holy Wells, High Crosses and the Landscape from the Air.
It includes a morning of lectures and lunch at the museum (The Mall, English Street, Downpatrick, Co Down BT30 6AH), and afternoon visits (transport provided). The cost is £20 per person.
Here's the programme:
9.15- 9.40 Registration & Welcome
9.40 Struell Wells: History and Archaeology, with Finbar McCormick, Queen’s University, Belfast
10.40 Tea/coffee
11:00 Recent Aerial and LIDAR surveys of the Downpatrick area, with Johanna Vuolteenaho, NIEA
12.00 Moving the Downpatrick High Cross, with Mike King, Down County Museum
1.15 pm Lunch in the Museum Café (included in cost)
2.15pm Viewing of the Downpatrick High Cross after conservation and a visit to the Donaghmore High Cross, 5 miles north of Newry
5.00 pm Return to Down County Museum
Booking.