`This eagerly awaited book is an outstanding and right up-to-date summary of every excavation and investigation undertaken in Ireland into the earthworks, castles, ecclesiastical buildings and towns of the period from the arrival of the Anglo-Normans to the mid-sixteenth century...a most welcome synthesis and will be valued by the layperson, student and professional archaeologist, historical geographer and historian alike.' Archaeology Ireland
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`This eagerly awaited book is an outstanding and right up-to-date summary of every excavation and investigation undertaken in Ireland ... will be valued by the layperson, student and professional archaeologist, historical geographer and historian alike.' - Archaeology Ireland
`Dr Barry concentrates mainly on the archaeological evidence for medieval settlement for which there is no comprehensive general work available. This is most valuable, indeed essential for anybody wishing to grasp the general pattern of life in medieval Ireland.' - Books Ireland
`The book is as valuable to the historian as it is to the archaeologist or geographer.' - The Irish Herald --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
`Dr Barry concentrates mainly on the archaeological evidence for medieval settlement for which there is no comprehensive general work available. This is most valuable, indeed essential for anybody wishing to grasp the general pattern of life in medieval Ireland.' - Books Ireland
`The book is as valuable to the historian as it is to the archaeologist or geographer.' - The Irish Herald --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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This book is broadly aimed at the questioning person in the street as the great Irish archaeologist, Sean P. O Riordain, intended his now classic Antiquities of the Irish Countryside, first published in 1942 and now in its fifth edition revised by the late Ruaidhri de Valera. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ringwork castles, medieval moated sites, medieval archaeologist, manorial documents, rectangular earthworks, manorial extents, claustral buildings, glazed jugs, medieval pottery, rural boroughs, deserted medieval villages, cooking pottery, medieval sites, medieval date, tile pavements, medieval levels, pottery sherds, medieval archaeology, few sherds, occupation evidence, medieval parish church, medieval documents, imported wares, medieval settlement, small finds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Early Christian, Black Death, Ham Green, Wood Quay, Christ Church, Trim Castle, High Street, King John, Northern Ireland, Anglo-Norman Ireland, Archaeological Survey of Ireland, New Ross, Newtown Jerpoint, Ferns Castle, Fishamble Street, Kells Priory, Lady Lane, Clough Castle, Duiske Abbey, Old Ross, River Boyne, River Shannon, Giraldus Cambrensis, National Museum of Ireland, River Liffey New!
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This book is broadly aimed at the questioning person in the street as the great Irish archaeologist, Sean P. O Riordain, intended his now classic Antiquities of the Irish Countryside, first published in 1942 and now in its fifth edition revised by the late Ruaidhri de Valera. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ringwork castles, medieval moated sites, medieval archaeologist, manorial documents, rectangular earthworks, manorial extents, claustral buildings, glazed jugs, medieval pottery, rural boroughs, deserted medieval villages, cooking pottery, medieval sites, medieval date, tile pavements, medieval levels, pottery sherds, medieval archaeology, few sherds, occupation evidence, medieval parish church, medieval documents, imported wares, medieval settlement, small finds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Early Christian, Black Death, Ham Green, Wood Quay, Christ Church, Trim Castle, High Street, King John, Northern Ireland, Anglo-Norman Ireland, Archaeological Survey of Ireland, New Ross, Newtown Jerpoint, Ferns Castle, Fishamble Street, Kells Priory, Lady Lane, Clough Castle, Duiske Abbey, Old Ross, River Boyne, River Shannon, Giraldus Cambrensis, National Museum of Ireland, River Liffey New!
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- Historical Geography by Brian Graham in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Song of Dermot and the Earl (the Coming of the Normans to Ireland) by Goddard H Orpen on page 8, and Back Matter
- Waterfront Archaeology in Britain and Northern Europe (CBA Research Reports) by Gustave Milne in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Fragmentary Annals of Ireland (Irish History & Genealogy) (English and Irish Edition) by Joan Newlon Radner on page 9, and Back Matter
- Deserted Medieval Villages: Studies by Maurice Beresford in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- A History of Settlement in Ireland by Terry Barry on 5 pages
- Ireland in the Middle Ages (British History in Perspective (Paperback St. Martins)) by Sean Duffy in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Making of Europe by Robert Bartlett in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Colonisation and Conquest in Medieval Ireland: The English in Louth, 1170-1330 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series) by Brendan Smith on page 44, and Back Matter
- The Making of Ireland: From Ancient Times to the Present by James Lydon in Back Matter
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