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    • The Archaeology of Aran 

      Waddell, John (Tír Eolas, Kinvara, 1994)
      The Book of Aran contains chapters on the geology, flora and fauna, archaeology, history and culture of the three Aran Islands, Inis Mór, Inis Meáin and Inis Oírr. Chapter 5 is a detailed account of the islands' archaeology ...
    • The Bronze Age Burials of Ireland 

      Waddell, John (Galway University Press, 1990)
      A county-by-county survey of Irish Bronze Age burials recorded up to the mid 1980s
    • The Cave of Crúachain and the Otherworld 

      Waddell, John (2014)
      Oweynagat (Úaimh na gCat), the cave of the cats, is a natural cave with a souterrain attached in the royal site of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon. Today it is an inconspicuous monument but is famous in early literature as an ...
    • The Celticization of the West: an Irish perspective 

      Waddell, John (1991)
      It is argued that the emergence of a Celtic language in Ireland was the culmination of a long process of social and economic interaction at an elite level between Ireland and Britain, and between these islands and adjacent ...
    • Cheques and Balances 

      Waddell, John (Archaeology Ireland, 2005)
    • Continuity, cult and contest 

      Waddell, John (Four Courts Press, 2011)
      The degree to which pagan traditions influenced early medieval Irish literature has been the subject of some debate. The phrase a window on the Iron Age once encapsulated a view that epic tales in particular depicted a ...
    • The elusive image 

      Waddell, John (Wordwell, 2009)
      It is now possible to identify one symbol in Celtic La Tène art found in Continental Europe and in prehistoric Britain and Ireland that appears to be an expression of a complex religious cosmology. This is the elusive (and ...
    • Excavation at 'Dathi's Mound', Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon 

      Waddell, John (Journal of Irish Archaeology, 1988)
      The partial excavation of the embanked mound and standing stone known as 'Dathi's Mound' at the royal site of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon, confirmed that the mound had been cut from a natural gravel ridge. It also revealed ...
    • The Funerary Bowls and Vases of the Irish Bronze Age 

      Ó Ríordáin, Breandán; Waddell, John (Galway University Press, 1993)
      This illustrated corpus of pottery from burial contexts in Bronze Age Ireland c. 2500-1500 BC was prepared by John Waddell with the assistance of Breandán Ó Ríordáin and the National Museum of Ireland. It includes a study ...
    • Geophysical Survey at Rathcroghan 2010-2012 

      Schot, Roseanne; Waddell, John; Fenwick, Joseph P. (Navan Research Group, 2016)
      Following an extensive programme of geophysical survey at Rathcroghan published in 2009, five hitherto unexplored areas were surveyed using magnetic gradiometry in 2010–12. In an area south of Oweynagat a faint circular ...
    • The Irish Sea in Prehistory 

      Waddell, John (Journal of Irish Archaeology, 1992)
      The role of the Irish Sea in the study of past contacts between Ireland and Britain is reviewed. Analysis of a selection of distribution maps relating to the period c. 4000 B.C. to c. 500 B.C. suggests the possibility of ...
    • The magnetic presence of queen Medb: magnetic gradiometry at Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon 

      Fenwick, Joseph P.; Brennan, Yvonne; Barton, Kevin; Waddell, John (Wordwell, 1999)
      [No abstract available]
    • The prehistoric archaeology of Ireland 

      Waddell, John (Galway University Press, 1998)
      The first edition of The Prehistoric Archaeology of Ireland was published by Galway University Press (now no more) in 1998. This comprehensive survey of Irish prehistory is still a useful work of reference. This is a proof ...
    • Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon: where the Táin Bó Cúailnge began 

      Waddell, John (Archaeology Ireland Heritage Guide No. 44, 2009)
      A summary account of the royal site of Rathcroghan famous in early Irish epic literature as the seat of Queen Maeve and the place where the great cattle raid of Cooley began. Rich in legend and archaeology, this account ...
    • Rathcroghan: a royal site in Connacht 

      Waddell, John (Journal of Irish Archaeology, 1983)
      A short study of the archaeology and mythology of the royal site of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon, which formed the basis for the author's monograph (with J. Fenwick and K. Barton) Rathcroghan. Archaeological and Geophysical ...
    • Tal-y-Llyn and the nocturnal voyage of the sun 

      Waddell, John (2012)
      The question 'Where does the sun go at night?' may have occupied both prehistoric and Medieval minds. It may be depicted on some Bronze Age and Iron Age metalwork. Proof copy of an article published in W. J. Britnell and ...