Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary: North Tipperary
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Publisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO)
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 536
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Published: 2002
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ireland. Department of the Environment and Local Government
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Celeste Ray
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 0253066697
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe storied landscapes of Ireland are dotted with holy wells--hallowed springs, pools, ponds, and lakes credited with curative powers and often associated with Catholic and indigenous saints. While many of these sites have been recently lost to development, others are visited daily for devotions and remain the focus of annual community gatherings. Encouraging both their use and protection, Holy Wells of Ireland delves into these irreplaceable resources of spiritual, archaeological, and historical significance. Reserves of localized spiritual practices, holy wells are also ecosystems in themselves and provide habitats for rare and culturally meaningful flora and fauna. The shift toward a "post-Catholic" Ireland has prompted renewed interest in holy wells as popular domains with organic faith traditions. Of the roughly 3,000 holy wells documented across Ireland, some attract international pilgrims and others are stewarded by a single family. Featuring 140 color images, this remarkable volume shares the transdisciplinary work of contributors who study these wells through the overlapping lenses of anthropology, archaeology, art history, biomedicine, folklore, geography, history, and hydrology. Braiding community perspectives with those of scholars across academia, Holy Wells of Ireland considers Irish holy wells as a resilient feature of ever-evolving Irish Christianity, as inspiration to other faith traditions, as places of pilgrimage and healing, and as threatened biocultural resources.
Author: Rose M. Cleary
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Published: 2011
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe results of a 2006-7 archeological investigation, which found Neolithic activity dating to 3670 BC, as well as remains of other activity since then. A significant contribution to archology in Ireland.
Author: Neil Jackman
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Published: 2016-04-01
Total Pages: 442
ISBN-13: 1848895615
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom medieval Carlingford in Louth to Blarney Castle in Cork, discover the top 100 places to visit in Ireland's Ancient East. Wander through time at sites such as Clonmacnoise, Newgrange and the Rock of Cashel, as well as at hidden gems like Athassel Priory in Tipperary, Loughcrew Passage Tombs in Meath and Heywood Gardens in Laois. From dolmens to round towers, Anglo-Norman castles to historic gardens, over 5,000 years of Ireland's history, heritage, archaeology and folklore are waiting to be discovered. Find out - which round towers can be climbed - where there is a 2,000-year-old trackway across a bog - which famous garden features a piece of the Berlin Wall - where St Nicholas is buried Included is practical information about each location and what to expect from the visitor experience. With easy-to-follow maps and specially commissioned photographs, this is the first guide to Ireland's Ancient East.
Author: William O'Brien
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2017-07-24
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 1784916560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first project to study hillforts in relation to warfare and conflict in Bronze Age Ireland. This project combines remote sensing and GIS-based landscape analysis with conventional archaeological survey to investigate ten prehistoric hillforts across southern Ireland.
Author: Alan Lane
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2020-02-28
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 1789253071
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe crannog on Llangorse Lake near Brecon in mid Wales was discovered in 1867 and first excavated in 1869 by two local antiquaries, Edgar and Henry Dumbleton, who published their findings over the next four years. In 1988 dendrochronological dates from submerged palisade planks established its construction in the ninth century, and a combined off- and on-shore investigation of the site was started as a joint project between Cardiff University and Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales. The subsequent surveys and excavation (1989-1994, 2004) resulted in the recovery of a remarkable time capsule of life in the late ninth and tenth century, on the only crannog yet identified in Wales. This publication re-examines the early investigations, describes in detail the anatomy of the crannog mound and its construction, and the material culture found. The crannog’s treasures include early medieval secular and religious metalwork, evidence for manufacture, the largest depository of early medieval carpentry in Wales and a remarkable richly embroidered silk and linen textile which is fully analysed and placed in context. The crannog’s place in Welsh history is explored, as a royal llys (‘court’) within the kingdom of Brycheiniog. Historical record indicates the site was destroyed in 916 by Aethelflaed, the Mercian queen, in the course of the Viking wars of the early tenth century. The subsequent significance of the crannog in local traditions and its post-medieval occupation during a riotous dispute in the reign Elizabeth I are also discussed. Two logboats from the vicinity of the crannog are analysed, and a replica described. The cultural affinities of the crannog and its material culture is assessed, as are their relationship to origin myths for the kingdom, and to probable links with early medieval Ireland. The folk tales associated with the lake are explored, in a book that brings together archaeology, history, myths and legends, underwater and terrestrial archaeology.
Author: Ireland. Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Publisher: Department of Environment Heritage and Local Government
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 132
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage is undertaking a survey of the architectural heritage of Ireland ... Each county or regional survey is accompanied by an illustrated booklet showcasing the highlights of the area"--P. [4] of cover.
Author: Celeste Ray
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-02-18
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 100002508X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribing sacred waters and their associated traditions in over thirty countries and across multiple time periods, this book identifies patterns in panhuman hydrolatry. Supplying life’s most basic daily need, freshwater sources were likely the earliest sacred sites, and the first protected and contested resource. Guarded by taboos, rites and supermundane forces, freshwater sources have also been considered thresholds to otherworlds. Often associated also with venerated stones, trees and healing flora, sacred water sources are sites of biocultural diversity. Addressing themes that will shape future water research, this volume examines cultural perceptions of water’s sacrality that can be employed to foster resilient human–environmental relationships in the growing water crises of the twenty-first century. The work combines perspectives from anthropology, archaeology, classics, folklore, geography, geology, history, literature and religious studies.
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Publisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO)
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 326
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