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The Bronze Age Burials of Ireland
(Galway University Press, 1990)
A county-by-county survey of Irish Bronze Age burials recorded up to the mid 1980s
The Cultural and Environmental Impact of Large Dams in Southeast Turkey
(National University of Ireland, Galway and Kurdish Human Rights Project, 2005)
This study of the cultural and environmental impacts of large dams in Southeast Turkey brings together evidence from and interviews with people affected by hydroelectric dam projects planned for the Munzur, Tigris and ...
Misinformation, disinformation and downright distortion: the battle to save Tara 1999-2005
(Arlen House, Galway, 2007)
The routing of a new motorway, the M3, through the valley between the Hill of Tara and Skreen, prompted international controversy. Conor Newman traces the history of a proposal that did irreparable damage to the culturally ...
Notes on some Irish hanging bowl escutcheons
(Journal of Irish Archaeology, 1990)
A study of hanging bowl escutcheons from the River Kennet, Wiltshire, Ballinderry and Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly, published in the Journal of Irish Archaeology 5 (1989-90), 45-48.
Excavation at 'Dathi's Mound', Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon
(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 ...
Rathcroghan: a royal site in Connacht
(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 ...
The Neolithic dates from Carrowmore 1978-98: A source critical review
(2013)
This report is the companion document to:
Bergh and Hensey. 2013. Unpicking the chronology of Carrowmore. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 34 (4), 343-366.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ojoa.12019/abstract
The Cave of Crúachain and the Otherworld
(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 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 ...
Cheques and Balances
(Archaeology Ireland, 2005)