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Archaeol Prospection 12 (1)
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Archaeol Prospection 12 (1)
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Archaeological Prospection
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12 (1)
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Journal
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Editor:
Christopher F Gaffney
Lawrence B Conyers
Arnold Aspinall
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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2005
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jissue/109930506
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09 Nov 2005
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Geophysical investigations at the ancient royal site of Rathcroghan, County Roscommon, Ireland
Kevin Barton
Joseph Fenwick
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Article on a major programme of archaeological and geophysical surveys at the pre-Christian royal site of Rathcroghan (ancient Cruachain), concentrating primarily on Rathcroghan Mound. Detailed microtopographic surveys enabled the production of computer generated maps and terrain models. These aided the identification of a number of low-relief features that had remained unnoticed during reconnaissance field inspection. Magnetic susceptibility survey delimited zones of activity on the top of the mound and also identified an ancient field system surrounding it. Magnetic gradiometry survey, conducted at differing sample resolutions, complemented and extended the results of the magnetic susceptibility survey. An enclosure, 370 m in diameter, was identified encircling Rathcroghan Mound and a number of its satellite monuments. Also identified were the subsurface remains of foundation trenches for a series of large-scale, circular structures or enclosures, approximately 20 m to 32 m in diameter, which once occupied the summit of the mound. Another, 26 m in diameter, lies immediately to its north-northeast. Electrical resistance survey on Rathcroghan Mound, using different array types, confirmed the presence of a series of circular and arcuate features, many of which correspond to those noted in the magnetic surveys. The results of the survey have enabled more extensive archaeological comparisons to be made between this and the other pre-Christian royal centres of Tara (Temhair), Co. Meath, Navan Fort (Emain Macha), Co. Armagh and Knockaulin (Dún Ailinne), Co. Kildare.