The title of this book comes from a 'light poem'by the Scottish artist Robert Montgomery
which has been displayed in a variety of settings across Europe (www. robertmontgomery …

This paper addresses the current state of soil studies incorporated within archaeological
prospection strategies in Ireland. Many publications fail to address the importance of soil …

There is a pressing need for more materially centred narratives and analytical frameworks
for the study of later Iron Age and early medieval Ireland, which account explicitly for the …

Excavated plans of roundhouses may compound multiple episodes of activity, design,
construction, occupation, repair, and closure, reflecting successive stages of a building's …

This article explores the nature of royal residences in early medieval Ireland. Through the
excavated evidence, it examines key themes of long-term dynamics, architectures and …

This paper addresses the current state of soil studies incorporated within archaeological
prospection strategies in Ireland. Many publications fail to address the importance of soil …

The Irish Iron Age (c. 700 BCE–AD 400) is a period of late prehistory which continues to
remain shrouded in darkness. The enigma of this period is largely due to the ephemerality of …

Clonmacnoise was among the busiest, most economically complex, and intensely sacred
places in early medieval Ireland. In Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland …

As one of Ireland's so-called 'royal'sites (Wailes 1982; Newman 1998), Navan Fort, Co.
Armagh, has a long history of research and investigation. Nevertheless, there is still potential …

This chapter focuses on the pre-Roman Iron Age in non-Mediterranean France, the Low
Countries, Britain, and Ireland, following through into the early centuries AD in areas not …