Ulster J Archaeol 62

The rescue excavation of a roundhouse and part of a second was undertaken during 2000 within the wayleave of the Moyle Interconnector electrical cable route on Island Magee, County Antrim. This previously unknown site is thought to contain several Middle to Late Bronze Age houses, of a type apparently not previously recorded in Ireland. Some structural similarities with Scottish sites are apparent, and artefactual parallels can be seen in both countries. Radiocarbon dates show the roundhouses to be broadly contemporary and their occupation was probably continuous. The site adds to the known diversity of Irish settlement forms around the transition between the Middle and the Late Bronze Age. Specialist reports include

Account of three copper-alloy mounts, all recent stray finds, from Ballynahone Beg, Tullyargle and Killylea. Dates between the eighth and tenth century are suggested.

although the majority of sherds recovered are post-medieval, the assemblage also includes earlier material, in particular Early Christian and medieval wares

An excavation was undertaken at Boho high cross in 2002 in advance of engineering work to rectify the monument's tilt. The investigations exposed the socketed base and revealed that it was set on a foundation slab. The cross had been erected over a charnel pit containing human bones which are believed to have been disturbed during construction of the adjacent church in the 1830s. It is suggested that the cross was uncovered at the same time and re-erected over the human remains. Includes

Records of finds of `bog butter' in the Memoirs of the Irish Ordnance Survey are tabulated and discussed.

Description and discussion of a stone bearing an inscription in ogham, found on the townland of Gartree near Crumlin, County Antrim. The possible relation of the stone to various ecclesiastical sites in the area is discussed.