1st Edition

Antiquities of the Irish Countryside

By Seán P. Ó Ríordáin Copyright 2015
208 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

No country is as rich in field antiquities as Ireland, and this work gives an account in simple language of the origin, purpose, date and distribution of all classes of monuments with the exception of ecclesiastical remains and medieval castles. It provides the general reader with all the information he is likely to need on such monuments as forts, megalithic tombs, crannogs and stone circles and... Read more

From the Preface to the First Edition.  Preface to the Fifth Edition.  1. Introduction  2. Forts  3. Fields, Roads and Linear Earthworks  4. Souterrains  5. House Sites  6. Coastal Dwelling Sities  7. Ancient Cooking Places  8. Crannógs  9. Megalithic Tombs  10. Burial Mounds  11. Standing Stones  12. Stone Alignments  13. Stone Circles

Biography

O Riordain, Sean P.