Archaeology

Round Towers are the only form of architecture unique to Ireland. The remains of over seventy survive, widely distributed throughout the island, from Cork to Antrim, in some of the most beautiful and historic areas of the country. They are listed county by county, allowing readers to locate towers in the immediate area and explore.

Forty extracts from John Rocque's detailed map of Dublin, dating to 1756, are reproduced with accompanying commentaries and illustrations.

Presents the results of the analysis of the animal bone assemblage from excavations of the medieval settlement at Knowth, Co Meath. This title provides an opportunity to review the zooarchaeological evidence for Early Christian Ireland and to place the Knowth results in context.

Includes a topographical information section that lists historical and archaeological details of over 1,200 sites and an essay, all tracing the development of the city of Armagh from its earliest origins to 1900.

This map shows historic Galway plotted onto a detailed modern base. Over 200 sites and streets,many of which no longer survive in the present-day are depicted in colour and listed in an accompanying index. An attached booklet contains a commentary on the urban development of Galway and gives a chronological list of sites included on the map.

Galway is the twenty-eight in the Irish Historic Towns Atlas Series, which assembles topographical documentations on the development of Irish towns and publishes them as individual fascicles. CD-ROM included.