Last updated: 9 November 2026.
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AI-assisted work
AI has assisted with site development, drafting and some creative artwork. It can produce errors, and a fluent explanation is not proof of a historical claim. Sources and image descriptions should be checked, and uncertain interpretations should be identified.
Monument images
A monument listing must use a verified image of that particular site. Similar-looking monuments, generic AI castles or stone circles, and unverified reconstructions must not be substituted. Photographs are credited to their sources and used only where an appropriate licence or permission has been recorded. Discovery of an image online is not permission to republish it.
Corrections and privacy
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Authenticity and AI images
We use verified real photographs or identified historical artworks as references for factual article imagery. Captions distinguish current sites, museum models, modern reconstructions and later portraits. AI adaptations can alter fine detail and are not primary archaeological evidence. Literary and research illustrations are labelled as such.
Source licences and photographer credits remain applicable to adaptations. AI generation does not automatically confer exclusive copyright or remove third-party rights. Where no reusable exact-site reference is verified, the speculative image is withheld.
Historical banner and image artwork
The homepage and header artwork is an AI-created historical collage, not a photograph of a named monument. It brings together a hunter-gatherer, Celtic figure, monk, Viking and Irish High King in a creative composition. It must not be treated as a documentary view of a real site or an event.
Some article illustrations are AI adaptations based on verified photographs or identified historical artworks. They may alter fine detail and do not replace the source photograph, archaeological evidence or a conservation record. Museum reconstructions, literary scenes and later portraits have their own limitations; a later portrait is not a verified contemporary likeness.
Individual image provenance, photographer credits and applicable licences are recorded in Image Credits and relevant captions. Named-monument photographs must depict the identified site. AI generation does not remove source licence obligations or guarantee exclusive copyright ownership.
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