Welcome to Navan & District Historical Society
Welcome to Navan & District Historical Society We hold meetings and excursions throughout the year, keeping them as informative and informal as we can, and urging our members to participate and enjoy themselves. If you wish to learn more about us, why don’t you apply to join us and enjoy meeting with others who share […]
Landscape around Navan
When you are visiting areas of interest around Navan such as Ardmulchan Church, Bective Abbey and Rathmore Castle have a look at the surrounding landscape. This landscape was formed 10,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age. In Geological Time we are in the Holocene. This covers from 10,000 years ago up […]
The Boyne Valley in the Ice Age
The Boyne Valley in the Ice Age The last glaciation or ice age occurred between 73,000 and 10,000 years ago. This had a huge influence on both the landscape and underlying geology of Ireland and Navan. Since the great ice sheets melted, the action of present day rivers, the infilling of lakes, along with the […]