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Native enclosed settlement and the problem of the Irish ‘Ring-fort’
(Maney, 2009)
One of the most sustained monolithic traditions of Irish archaeology is the classification of a wide variety of earthen and stone enclosures (ráth and caisel) as 'ring-forts'. This is an impediment to understanding the ...
Editorial
(Royal Irish Academy, 2009)
The gathering place of Tír Fhiachrach? Archaeological and folkloric investigations at Aughris, Co Sligo
(Royal Irish Academy, 2001)
This paper explores evidence for modern popular gatherings on Aughris head
land, Co. Sligo, and attempts to define the landscape on the headland where
medieval royal assembly may also have taken place. The spatial ...
Interpreting a cultural landscape: a case for seaweed-harvesting at Aughris, Co. Sligo
(Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI), 2007)
This paper presents archaeological, historical andfolkloric evidence for a local seaweed industry on the Aughris head land, Co. Sligo, in the modem period. It is argued that over 200 earthen enclosures dotting the <ruans> ...