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The Cretan Slinger at War: a weighty exchange. 1-39.
(2012)
Lead slingshots discovered on Cretan sites carry considerable weight regarding the nature of warfare on the island in the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods. On Crete, inscribed lead sling bullets have been reported ...
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 sacral landscape of Tara: a preliminary exploration
(2011)
In a preliminary exploration of the Tara landscape, this article examines features of the land between the twin hills of Tara and of Skreen, a broad valley through which flows the Gabhra river and now crudely divided by ...
Continuity, cult and contest
(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 ...
A renewed programme of discovery at Tara
(Wordwell, 2016)
[No abstract available]
Formaoil na Fiann: hunting preserves and assembly places in Gaelic Ireland.
(Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, 2013)
[No abstract available]
Tal-y-Llyn and the nocturnal voyage of the sun
(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 ...
The late prehistoric 'Royal Site' of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon: An enduring paradigm of enclosed sacred space
(Navan Research Group, 2018)
Rathcroghan (Cruácha), like the other late prehistoric royal sites of Tara (Temair), Co. Meath, Navan Fort (Emain Macha), Co. Armagh, and Knockaulin (Dún Ailinne), Co. Kildare features prominently in the literary imagination ...
Lea Castle: looking outwards
(Brepols Publishers, 2018)
Lea Castle, Co. Laois, is located on the River Barrow where it occupied an important position at the borders of three medieval territories. The castle and landscape are currently neglected and in a poor state of repair. ...