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Archaeol Ir 5 (2)
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Archaeol Ir 5 (2)
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Archaeology Ireland
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5 (2)
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Year of Publication:
1991
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Date Of Issue From: 1991
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BIAB (The British Archaeological Bibliography (BAB))
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20 Jan 2002
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`One fair county...'
Ken Neill
7 - 10
An appraisal of the archaeology of Co Armagh. Includes Mesolithic flint remains as well as Neolithic settlement traces and ritual/funerary monuments, including the highest passage tomb in Britain, to Bronze and Iron Age evidence. The most common archaeological structures are Early Christian raths. However, for such an ecclesiastically important county there are few early ecclesiastical monuments. Armagh also boasts a fifth century nunnery founded by St Monnena, pillaged by Vikings which became an Augustinian foundation as well as the longest friary in Ireland (Franciscan by order). The seventeenth century castle Moyry also stands within its borders.
Textiles in archaeology
Elizabeth Wincott Heckett
11 - 13
An overview of the frequency, treatment and value of Irish textile evidence, the most abundant single occurrence of which has been Wood Quay, Dublin, which produced over 2,000 samples. Pieces are conserved to balance their pH and prevent further decay and analysed for the condition, weave, fibre, colour yarn spin, degree of spin, yarn diameter, density of threads per centimetre and cloth thickness. Comparative analysis with contemporary British and European examples as well as other indigenous material is also undertaken. Interesting recent examples include a shaggy pile cloth from Drogheda, treated with the very expensive dye kermes, and a seventeenth century piece of poplin and fourteenth century doublet lace both from Dublin Castle.
A lost last
Marie Neill
14 - 15
Reports the discovery of a shoe last from excavations of a raised rath at Deer Park Farms, Co Antrim. Associated leather finds indicate cobbling, with most examples displaying signs of repeated re--use, probably resulting from the relative expense of footwear. Includes the earliest known examples of the `composite' shoe form, casting doubts on the view that this style was necessarily imported by the Vikings.
From Blackwater to Bobbio - a coincidence of shrines
Cormac Bourke
Michael Ryan
R B Warner
16 - 17
`A seventh--century reliquary from Co Armagh' by Cormac Bourke & Richard Warner (16) and `Decorated Irish metalwork in Bobbio, Italy' by Michael Ryan (17) compare the recently discovered plates of a reliquary at Clonmore, Co Armagh, with a similar find at Bobbio, northern Italy. It is noted that Bobbio was founded by the Irish saint Columbanus and the similarity between the two shrines indicates the influence of the Irish style on the Bobbio example.
Digging at Dunbell Big
Beth Cassidy
18 - 20
The locality has many ringfort sites some of which were `trenched' for fertilizer in the mid nineteenth century. Part of this process was recorded by a local antiquarian and the artefact assemblages now reside in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. In the light of this, another such site was recently investigated prior to encroachment by quarry extension. The soil cover was very thin, nevertheless the site produced evidence of an eighth century AD square house, an undated but possibly contemporary round structure, a mid--late seventh century AD horseshoe shaped structure, a first century AD furnace and several Bronze Age burials.
Early Bronze Age burials - the social implications
Charles Mount
21 - 23
An analysis of recorded Early Bronze Age burials for the south Leinster area using information from documentary accounts available at the start of 1990 and bone material from the National Museum of Ireland. Cremations were twice as common as inhumations and inhumations in turn were dominated by adult males. The presence or absence of food vessels combines with this to indicate a socially differentiated society with high ranking individuals marked out by elaborate funerary treatment.
The vernacular architecture of north Co Dublin
Barry O'Reilly
24 - 26
Survey of a type of architecture that is not recorded by the Ordnance Survey. In the Nethercross Barony area there were found to be 151 vernacular examples, the most common of which are dwelling houses (120) and farm outbuildings (26). There is a definite association between walling and roofing types. The most common pairings being the earlier clay (or `mud') walls and hipped roofs with lobby entrance or the later stone walled/gabled roofed style with direct entrance. Most roofs were thatched until the mid-twentieth century AD. Also contains information on siting, orientation and shelter.