Browsing Archaeology by Author "Newman, Conor"
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Ballinderry Crannóg No. 2, Co. Offaly: the Later Bronze Age
Newman, Conor (Journal of Irish Archaeology, 1997)A reconsideration of the later Bronze Age horizon at Ballinderry No. 2 where the Harvard Archaeological Mission uncovered a substantial rectangular wooden building. A case is made for the former existence of a second such ... -
Future-proofing heritage in Ireland: community, education and stewardship
Newman, Conor (Heritage Council, 2015)Published by the Heritage Council in Heritage Outlook (2015), 2-4 -
Misinformation, disinformation and downright distortion: the Battle to Save Tara 1999-2005
Newman, Conor (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
Newman, Conor (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. -
The sacral landscape of Tara: a preliminary exploration
Newman, Conor (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 ... -
The Sword in the Stone: previously unrecognised archaeological evidence of ceremonies of the later Iron Age and early medieval period
Newman, Conor (2009)Published in G. Cooney et al. (eds), Relics of Old Decency: archaeological studies in later prehistory. Festschrift for Barry Raftery (Wordwell, Dublin, 2009), 425-36, this is a proof copy of an introduction to on-going ... -
The symbolism of zoomorphic penannular brooches
Newman, Conor; Burke, Sandra (2013)Exploration of the zoomorphic and Christian symbolism on zoomorphic penannular brooches (5th to 7th centuries AD). It is suggested that the underlying symbol of a bi-cephalic zoomorph has meanings that are not intrinsically ...