It is shown that it may be possible to evaluate a field boundary using a simple grading system but the accuracy of such a survey cannot be confirmed due to the lack of baseline data in an Irish context. Results are given and a grading system is proposed. This was then tested in ten locations nation-wide. Feedback from volunteer surveyors led to an amended FBEGS survey form. The FBEGS was field-tested in four locations in Ireland by a number of users to obtain usefulness and accuracy. The draft Irish survey, described here, is entitled the Field Boundary Evaluation and Grading System or FBEGS for short. This consultation lead to the creation of a draft survey form modeled on an earlier Hedgerow Evaluation and Grading System (HEGS) (Clements and Tofts, 1992) in the UK. In addition, verbal consultation was carried out with prominent landscape ecologists, scientists and environmental consultants. In the absence of Irish data, values were extrapolated from research in other countries. It is shown that there is a lack of scientific information on Irish field boundaries and very little research has been carried out on what are possibly the most prominent countryside landscape features on the island. The purpose of this study was to develop an evaluation and grading system for the main field boundaries in Ireland – hedgerows and dry stone walls. Hall’s review of the Archaeobotanical Computer Database (ABCD) food Plants from the British Isles which helped me better grasp the farming technology and what was available to Iron Age Britain. Dr Francis Pryor archaeologist of Flag Fen and Camilla and James Dickson, Philippa Tomlinson and Allan R. Dr Bettina Arnold from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and independent researcher Merryn Dineley for their fascinating takes on the importance and use of alcoholic drinks during the Bronze and Iron Ages. Peter Renyolds and David Freeman from Buster Farm, Jacqui Wood from Cornwall Celtic Village and Jane Renfrew in their unlimited resource of research and hands on knowledge I was able to draw from during my work for food sources, prep and storage. The resulting report is a suggestion of the possibility of food sources and their uses that may have been enjoyed by the Celtic peoples living in the Isles. "Confronting the question, ‘what did the Celtic tribes eat in the British Isles’ the paper gathers information from a variety of sources to answer this inquiry which draws mainly from the British Isles, but other areas of research have been gleamed from the Continent and taken from Roman and Greek commentary to better detail this inquiry.
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