Archaeology

This publication presents the excavations at Rathgall, Rath East, Co. Wicklow, conducted by Barry Raftery, retired Professor of Celtic Archaeology at University College Dublin. Raftery published aspects...

Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, has been the site of several years of research into an extraordinary complex of prehistoric hillforts. In this work, Professor William O'Brien of University College Cork brings...

The UNESCO World Heritage site of Brú na Bóinne in the Boyne Valley is home to Ireland’s finest passage tomb complexes of Knowth, Dowth and Newgrange. Knowth in particular was the focus of many...

With volume one winning first place the Listowel Writer’s Week Nilsson Local Heritage Award, this is the second of a three-volume series on Dublin Castle and the archaeological excavations carried...

Written for a general readership, this wide-ranging study draws on archaeological evidence and on what is known about ritual practices in other cultures to address the difficult question of what beliefs...

Boyle Abbey is a National Monument in the town of Boyle, Roscommon.

For over three centuries, the inhabitants of North Britain faced the might of Rome, resulting in some of the most extraordinary archaeology of the ancient world. This book explores the complex, tumultuous, and brutal interaction between the world’s first superpower and the peoples who would ultimately form the country we now call Scotland.

This book provides a chronological account of this timespan and, with numerous illustrations, charts the development of the first hunting and foraging communities, the achievements of the agriculturalists with their remarkable megalithic tombs, and the technological advances of the later bronze and iron using societies.

This is the story of the Bamburgh Sword – one of the finest swords ever made. Alongside that, it gives a fascinating insight into the world of experimental archaeology – where archaeologists attempt to recreate an artefact or structure of the past using only the technologies and materials available at the time.

This is the first of a three-volume series dedicated to Dublin Castle and the archaeological excavations carried out there. Volume 1 presents a history of Dublin Castle, covering the period from the first Viking settlement in the ninth century to 1850.