Archaeol Ir 21 (3)

on the excavation of a possible habitation site of a unique type, radiocarbon dated to AD 440--620 and AD 580--780, in Ballykean Bog, County Offaly

Notes on various Internet news items, discussions and web sites of archaeological interest.

Account of excavations at Wesley Square, Cashel, during which the structural remains of two phases of medieval building were identified. An upstanding medieval building adjacent to the site was interpreted as the medieval prison. The burials of three adult males, and a quantity of disarticulated bone representing at least six other individuals, were also recovered, and the article discusses the evidence provided by these remains, which may have been placed in unconsecrated ground and have been associated with the prison.

Description of a deserted settlement landscape in the townland of Lisheens, near Manor Kilbride in northwest County Wicklow.

a reply to Rynne

The author reviews some of the applications of Google Earth and its usefulness for understanding the archaeological landscape in Ireland.

The authors describe evidence from various sources to suggest that Knockeyon hill in Westmeath, near Lough Derravaragh, was used as a source of chert during the Mesolithic period.