Ian Russell is a Senior Archaeologist with ACSU and was the director who led the team of archaeologists who found and partially excavated the 9th – 10th century Viking site at Woodstown, Co. Waterford in 2003-4, 2007 & 2018 and co-wrote, with Dr. Maurice Hurley, the book ‘Woodstown: A Viking Age settlement in Waterford’ published by Four Courts Press in 2014. In addition, he is also studying for his PhD with the Institute of Irish Studies at the University of Liverpool where he is researching the form and function of Viking camps with particular emphasis on Woodstown.Â
Areas of expertise
Archaeology, Digital surveying, Photography, Early Viking period with particular emphasis on Viking Camps/Longphorts.
